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Harvey, Walter Lewis

Individual Personnel Data
Name Harvey, Walter Lewis, "Bill, Big Dog"   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number O-672350   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty Co-pilot / Pilot
MOS1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date 24 April 1944
Results Evaded Capture
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 8 November 1920
  • VOCO of 27 October 1943, placing Officer on Temporary Duty at London for approximately one day on or about 27 October 1943, purpose Official Business is hereby confirmed and made of record per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #129 dated 27 October 1943.
  • Ordered to travel to London on or about 30 October 1943 for one day of Official Business per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #131 dated 30 October 1943.
  • Placed on seven days Temporary Duty to the 8th Air Force Officers Rest Home, Stanbridge Earls, Hampshire on or about 24 January 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #14 dated 21 January 1944.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 4355⇓ (7.660 MB)
Escape & Evasion Report # 1103⇓ (Filesize N/A)
Accident Report # 43-11-18-518⇓ (0.824 MB)
Photos of this Veteran signing the Wing PanelHarvey Signing⇗
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Way, John Richard⇗PilotMIA
2nd Lt. Harvey, Walter Lewis, "Bill, Big Dog"Co-pilotEV
2nd Lt. Sherrer, Richard P⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Corrigan, Thomas Joseph⇗BombardierPOW
S/SGT. Gadomski, Edmund Stephen⇗Radio Operator / GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Hill, William Charles, Jr⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Feagin, William Raymond, "Red"⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
S/SGT. Dodge, Raymond Earl⇗Flexible GunnerKIA
SGT. McCulley, George Dewey⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
S/SGT. O'Connell, Charles D⇗Flexible GunnerTR
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 25 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
4⇗ 28 June 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Beaumont-le-Roger, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30142⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back with problems in #1 and #2 engines.
Sortie Report⇗
5⇗ 29 June 1943 Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Co-pilot 42‑5849⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back due to #1 engine failure.
Sortie Report⇗
6⇗ 4 July 1943 Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Le Mans, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30039⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Turned back when pilot became ill.
Sortie Report⇗
7⇗ 10 July 1943 Target: Drucat Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Abbeville, France 		Co-pilot 42‑30039⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Lead Group. Turned back because #2 engine began to 'miss and vibrate' so it was feathered.
Sortie Report⇗
19⇗ 31 August 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Co-pilot 42‑3441⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Wing Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Co-pilot 42‑3216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3440⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron lead. Landed away at Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire, due to low fuel.
Sortie Report⇗
25⇗ 23 September 1943 Target: Submarine Repair Ship
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Nantes, France 		Co-pilot 42‑5051⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
26⇗ 27 September 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
One engine went out before the target, and a second was hit by flak. A third engine quit on the way home. The crew threw as much as possible overboard, and the pilot was able to bring it in on one engine.
Sortie Report⇗
27⇗ 2 October 1943 Target: Port Facilities
Type: Transportation
Location: Emden, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑5051⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
29⇗ 8 October 1943 Target: Workshops
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3216⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
30⇗ 9 October 1943 Target: Aircraft Factories
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Anklam, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29809⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
31⇗ 10 October 1943 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Münster, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑3216⇗ Aborted Mission After Taking Off
Sortie Report⇗
36⇗ 16 November 1943 Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine
Type: Industry
Location: Knaben, Norway 		Co-pilot 42‑31058⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Ouston (now RA Albemarle Barracks), near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Sortie Report⇗
-- 18 November 1943 None
Non-combat sortie 		Pilot 42‑3440⇗ During a training flight, the crew completed several practice landings. After the final landing, the aircraft collided with a truck while taxiing back to their hardstand, damaging a wing. A short distance later, the tail wheel assembly gave way.
Sortie Report⇗
37⇗ 26 November 1943 Target: City Center
Type: Non-Military
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑29651⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
40⇗ 5 December 1943 Target: Fighter Airfield
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France 		Pilot 42‑37785⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
43⇗ 16 December 1943 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Bremen, Germany 		Pilot 42‑37885⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Sortie Report⇗
45⇗ 22 December 1943 Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Osnabrück, Germany 		Pilot 42‑37885⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
46⇗ 24 December 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Croisette, France 		Pilot 42‑37885⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
50⇗ 5 January 1944 Target: Port Area
Type: Transportation
Location: Kiel, Germany 		Pilot 42‑39888⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Low Squadron lead; apparently took lead position after assigned low Squadron lead, Robinson, did not take off.
Sortie Report⇗
53⇗ 14 January 1944 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Le Meillard, France 		Pilot 42‑39888⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
57⇗ 3 February 1944 Target: Submarines (under construction)
Type: Submarine Facility
Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany 		Pilot 42‑3440⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Group, High Squadron Deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
58⇗ 4 February 1944 Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Pilot 41‑24560⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High group, 41st B Combat Wing.
Sortie Report⇗
60⇗ 6 February 1944 Target: Nancy/Essey Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Nancy, France 		Pilot 42‑3440⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
61⇗ 8 February 1944 Target: Piston Ring Factory
Type: Industry
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31495⇗ Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed
Flying Spare.
Sortie Report⇗
63⇗ 20 February 1944 Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31495⇗ Combat Mission Credit
41A Group.
Sortie Report⇗
74⇗ 9 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Co-pilot 42‑37982⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
79⇗ 22 March 1944 Target: Heinkel Aircraft Assembly Plant at Annahof Airfield
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oranienburg, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31235⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
80⇗ 23 March 1944 Target: Airdrome and Airpark
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Gütersloh, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31235⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Lead Squadron, composite high group
Sortie Report⇗
81⇗ 24 March 1944 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Pilot 42‑37885⇗ Combat Mission Credit
High Squadron deputy.
Sortie Report⇗
93⇗ 22 April 1944 Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Hamm, Germany 		Pilot 42‑97320⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Landed away at RAF Manston, Kent, on return due to battle damage.
Sortie Report⇗
94⇗ 24 April 1944 Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant
Type: Aircraft Industry
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany 		Pilot 42‑31346⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Low Squadron lead, lead group. Received direct flak burst at 1201 hrs 40 miles east of Paris; fire observed in nose with smoke coming out of cockpit; four chutes, only three opened; crashed SE of Cézanne, France. MACR 4355
Sortie Report⇗

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