Hall, Lester Winfield

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Hall, Lester Winfield ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-447290 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 16 April 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot / Observer
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	8 May 1944
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 8 May 1944 per General Orders #27, AAF Regional & Convalescent Hospital, Fort George Wright, Washington dated 25 October 1945.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 1 April 1921
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4560⇓ (55.398 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Morris, Roy John⇗	Pilot	KIA
2nd Lt. Hall, Lester Winfield	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. McGue, James Edward⇗	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Sewack, John Mitchell⇗	Bombardier	KIA
S/SGT. Parker, Marion L⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	KIA
SGT. Pirrello, Richard Dominic⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
SGT. Reynolds, John Brooks, "Jack"⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	KIA
SGT. Potkay, Edward Joseph⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. George, David Edmond⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA
SGT. Ulrich, Russell Harrison⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
101⇗	7 May 1944	Target: Friedrichstrasse Railroad Station Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
103⇗	8 May 1944	Target: V-Weapon Service Bunker (under construction) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Sottevast, France	Tail Gunner	42‑31211⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Group lead. Was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560 Sortie Report⇗

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