Flight Engineer with the 431st Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force in World War II. Shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire aboard B-24D Liberator #42-41257 moments after releasing bombs over target of the eastern beaches of Wake Island.
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
~
Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: 35127431.
Enlisted at Ft Thomas, Newport, KY, July 16, 1941.
Date of burial 07/15/1954
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
~
Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: 35127431.
Enlisted at Ft Thomas, Newport, KY, July 16, 1941.
Date of burial 07/15/1954
Flight Engineer with the 431st Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force in World War II. Shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire aboard B-24D Liberator #42-41257 moments after releasing bombs over target of the eastern beaches of Wake Island.
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
~
Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: 35127431.
Enlisted at Ft Thomas, Newport, KY, July 16, 1941.
Date of burial 07/15/1954
All eleven aboard Killed In Action:
1st Lt. James Houchins, O-412119, IN, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth G Russell, O-754207, CA, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence J Degener, O2045328, MI, Navigator
1st Lt. James G Webb, O-731434, OH, Bombardier
Flt. Off. John A Dambra, T-122776, PA, Passenger
T/Sgt. Harold J Hursh, 35127431, OH, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. George L Lanning, 36530988, MI, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Leese, 30107403, Asst. Radio Operator
T/Sgt. Leon H Pollard, 18002126, OK, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Charles M Saffir, 12036059, NY, Asst. Engineer
S/Sgt. Robert F Scott, 17128406, MO, Gunner
~
Entered the service from Ohio; Service ID: 35127431.
Enlisted at Ft Thomas, Newport, KY, July 16, 1941.
Date of burial 07/15/1954
Inscription
TSGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
