Harlan Carlyle Almlie was the son of Iver L. & Cora M. Almlie of Bricelyn, MN and brother of Mildred Luverna, Jane Lorrine, and Mae Ilaine. Harlan was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Frost, MN and a 1935 graduate of Bricelyn High School, Bricelyn, MN.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group as a B-24 pilot. His plane went down in the North Sea returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. The plane ditched 20 minutes from the English coast and none of the crew survived. Harlan's and four other crew members bodies were not recovered and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. His military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
He is Also listed on the Tablets for the Missing, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Muncipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
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He has a stone 'In Memory of' in the Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery.∼Harlan Carlyle Almlie was the son of Iver L. & Cora M. Almlie of Bricelyn, MN and brother of Mildred Luverna, Jane Lorrine, and Mae Ilaine. Harlan was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Frost, MN and a 1935 graduate of Bricelyn High School, Bricelyn, MN.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, Shipdham Air Base, Norfolk, England as a B-24 pilot. His plane (Battle Axe, #42-40973) was shot down by enemy aircraft and went down in Lake IJsselmeer of Urk, Netherlands at approximately 12:45h while returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. None of the crew survived the crash. The bodies of Harlan and four other crew members were not recovered (MIA) and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. The bodies of the other crew members washed ashore on the Dutch coast and were buried there.
Battle Axe's crew members were: Pilot, 1LT Harlan C. Almlie (MIA); Co-pilot, 2LT William E. Hacker (MIA); Nav, 2LT Joseph L. Schexnayder (MIA); RO, T/sgt Everett E. Permar (MIA); Bombadier, 2LT Walter J. Seiler; Eng, S.sgt Donald A. Davies; BTG, S/sgt John V. Lundstrom; RWG, S/sgt George W. Iorgov; LWG, S/sgt John L. Towning; TG, S/sgt Frederick A. Robinson (MIA).
Harlan's military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group as a B-24 pilot. His plane went down in the North Sea returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. The plane ditched 20 minutes from the English coast and none of the crew survived. Harlan's and four other crew members bodies were not recovered and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. His military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
He is Also listed on the Tablets for the Missing, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Muncipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Find a Grave #56296297
He has a stone 'In Memory of' in the Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery.∼Harlan Carlyle Almlie was the son of Iver L. & Cora M. Almlie of Bricelyn, MN and brother of Mildred Luverna, Jane Lorrine, and Mae Ilaine. Harlan was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Frost, MN and a 1935 graduate of Bricelyn High School, Bricelyn, MN.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, Shipdham Air Base, Norfolk, England as a B-24 pilot. His plane (Battle Axe, #42-40973) was shot down by enemy aircraft and went down in Lake IJsselmeer of Urk, Netherlands at approximately 12:45h while returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. None of the crew survived the crash. The bodies of Harlan and four other crew members were not recovered (MIA) and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. The bodies of the other crew members washed ashore on the Dutch coast and were buried there.
Battle Axe's crew members were: Pilot, 1LT Harlan C. Almlie (MIA); Co-pilot, 2LT William E. Hacker (MIA); Nav, 2LT Joseph L. Schexnayder (MIA); RO, T/sgt Everett E. Permar (MIA); Bombadier, 2LT Walter J. Seiler; Eng, S.sgt Donald A. Davies; BTG, S/sgt John V. Lundstrom; RWG, S/sgt George W. Iorgov; LWG, S/sgt John L. Towning; TG, S/sgt Frederick A. Robinson (MIA).
Harlan's military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
Harlan Carlyle Almlie was the son of Iver L. & Cora M. Almlie of Bricelyn, MN and brother of Mildred Luverna, Jane Lorrine, and Mae Ilaine. Harlan was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Frost, MN and a 1935 graduate of Bricelyn High School, Bricelyn, MN.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group as a B-24 pilot. His plane went down in the North Sea returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. The plane ditched 20 minutes from the English coast and none of the crew survived. Harlan's and four other crew members bodies were not recovered and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. His military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
He is Also listed on the Tablets for the Missing, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Muncipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Find a Grave #56296297
He has a stone 'In Memory of' in the Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery.∼Harlan Carlyle Almlie was the son of Iver L. & Cora M. Almlie of Bricelyn, MN and brother of Mildred Luverna, Jane Lorrine, and Mae Ilaine. Harlan was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Frost, MN and a 1935 graduate of Bricelyn High School, Bricelyn, MN.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, Shipdham Air Base, Norfolk, England as a B-24 pilot. His plane (Battle Axe, #42-40973) was shot down by enemy aircraft and went down in Lake IJsselmeer of Urk, Netherlands at approximately 12:45h while returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. None of the crew survived the crash. The bodies of Harlan and four other crew members were not recovered (MIA) and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. The bodies of the other crew members washed ashore on the Dutch coast and were buried there.
Battle Axe's crew members were: Pilot, 1LT Harlan C. Almlie (MIA); Co-pilot, 2LT William E. Hacker (MIA); Nav, 2LT Joseph L. Schexnayder (MIA); RO, T/sgt Everett E. Permar (MIA); Bombadier, 2LT Walter J. Seiler; Eng, S.sgt Donald A. Davies; BTG, S/sgt John V. Lundstrom; RWG, S/sgt George W. Iorgov; LWG, S/sgt John L. Towning; TG, S/sgt Frederick A. Robinson (MIA).
Harlan's military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group as a B-24 pilot. His plane went down in the North Sea returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. The plane ditched 20 minutes from the English coast and none of the crew survived. Harlan's and four other crew members bodies were not recovered and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. His military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
He is Also listed on the Tablets for the Missing, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Muncipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Find a Grave #56296297
He has a stone 'In Memory of' in the Bricelyn Lutheran Cemetery.∼Harlan Carlyle Almlie was the son of Iver L. & Cora M. Almlie of Bricelyn, MN and brother of Mildred Luverna, Jane Lorrine, and Mae Ilaine. Harlan was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, rural Frost, MN and a 1935 graduate of Bricelyn High School, Bricelyn, MN.
At the time of his death Harlan was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, assigned to the 66th Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, Shipdham Air Base, Norfolk, England as a B-24 pilot. His plane (Battle Axe, #42-40973) was shot down by enemy aircraft and went down in Lake IJsselmeer of Urk, Netherlands at approximately 12:45h while returning from a bombing raid to Bremen, Germany. None of the crew survived the crash. The bodies of Harlan and four other crew members were not recovered (MIA) and their names are listed on the Wall of the Missing, American War Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands. The bodies of the other crew members washed ashore on the Dutch coast and were buried there.
Battle Axe's crew members were: Pilot, 1LT Harlan C. Almlie (MIA); Co-pilot, 2LT William E. Hacker (MIA); Nav, 2LT Joseph L. Schexnayder (MIA); RO, T/sgt Everett E. Permar (MIA); Bombadier, 2LT Walter J. Seiler; Eng, S.sgt Donald A. Davies; BTG, S/sgt John V. Lundstrom; RWG, S/sgt George W. Iorgov; LWG, S/sgt John L. Towning; TG, S/sgt Frederick A. Robinson (MIA).
Harlan's military awards are the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
Harlan was not married.
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