Hasler, Lowell Clarence

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hasler, Lowell Clarence ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-676219 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, effective 3 September 1943.
Duty	Bombardier
MOS	1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date	9 October 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 9 October 1943 per General Orders #22, Headquarters, Miami District, AAF Personnel Distribution Command dated 2 September 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 3 May 1918 Graduated from Bombardier School at San Angelo AAF, San Angelo, Texas, Class #43-05, 1 April 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 873⇓ (5.317 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Calnon, Mark Brooks⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Barnes, Vernon Dale⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Kusler, Ted Harold⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Hasler, Lowell Clarence	Bombardier	POW
T/SGT. Patterson, Billie Bob⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
T/SGT. Rolleri, John Dominic⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Lopez, Sam (NMI)⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Lendoiro, Cesareo Garcia⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. McGettigan, John Aloysius, Jr⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Henrickson, Robert Marshall⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 5 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Bombardier	42‑29935⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft. Replaced 42-30033. Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29935⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed with a flat tire caused by flak; ran off side of runway and saved aircraft and crew. Sortie Report⇗
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29935⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29935⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
30⇗	9 October 1943	Target: Aircraft Factories Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Anklam, Germany	Bombardier	42‑29712⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Disabled by enemy aircraft, crashed in Schleswig-Holstein; MACR 873. Sortie Report⇗

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