Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Forster, August Richard ‡ |
| Rank |
Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
32456892 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, effective 1 February 1943. |
| Duty |
Flexible Gunner |
| Last Duty Date |
1943 |
| Results |
Transferred |
| Additional Information | |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384th Combat Crew
| CREWMEMBER |
POSITION |
RESULTS |
| 2nd Lt. Halseth, Edwin Scofield⇗ | Pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Fabian, Stephen Ralph⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. McGeehan, William F⇗ | Navigator | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Deignan, Charles Joseph⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
| S/SGT. Kay, David Eli⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
| S/SGT. Burnes, Robert Oliver⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Delmonte, Frank L⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Bagdis, John Stanley⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
| S/SGT. Pollard, Walter Maxwell⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
| SGT. Forster, August Richard | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Crew History The Halseth Crew joined the 544th BS at Wendover on 1 February 1943. Identified as "Crew #1" on the assignment order, they became the first "Crew #42" in the squadron.
Before moving to England, Forster was replaced by S/Sgt Donald A Rutan. Co-pilot Fabian was shot down while flying with the John R Way crew on his first mission - he had been bumped from the Halseth Crew because the Squadron CO, Maj Nuttall, had chosen to fly with Halseth (who aborted because they lost the formation in weather). The remaining crew members were lost on 25 July 1943. All members of this crew became POWs, except for Forster, whose disposition is not known. |
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