Name | Hawes, Harry Albert ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-735267 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #50 dated 17 July 1943, effective 17 July 1943. |
Duty | Bombardier |
MOS | 1035 - Bombardier |
Last Duty Date | 6 September 1943 |
Results | Evaded Capture |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 6 September 1943 per General Orders #214, Headquarters, Eighth Air Force dated 22 November 1943. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 775⇓ (9.803 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 211⇓ (Filesize N/A) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. Riddel, Jacques Eugene⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Holland, Warren Benjamin⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Peirce, Richard Jackson⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Hawes, Harry Albert | Bombardier | EV |
T/SGT. Kirby, Charles Lawrence, Jr⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
T/SGT. Hamblin, Oscar Klass⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | EV |
S/SGT. Saperstein, Harry (NMI)⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Ross, William Howard⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Morley, James Patrick⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Ruch, Edward Fred⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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15⇗ | 15 August 1943 |
Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France |
Bombardier | 42‑3455⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
16⇗ | 16 August 1943 |
Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Bombardier | 42‑3455⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
17⇗ | 17 August 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑5051⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
18⇗ | 27 August 1943 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France |
Bombardier | 42‑3455⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 |
Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Bombardier | 42‑3455⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
21⇗ | 6 September 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany |
Bombardier | 42‑3455⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Out of gas (both wings hit by flak), FW-190 finished them off, crashed in the Bois des Moines, 11 miles NNW of d'Airion and about 16 miles NE of Beauvais, France; MACR 775. Sortie Report⇗ |