Hawes, Harry Albert

Individual Personnel Data
Name Hawes, Harry Albert   ‡
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Rank Second Lieutenant
Serial Number O-735267   ‡
Unit Assignments Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #50 dated 17 July 1943, effective 17 July 1943.
Duty Bombardier
MOS1035 - Bombardier
Last Duty Date 6 September 1943
Results Evaded Capture
DecorationsAwarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 6 September 1943 per General Orders #214, Headquarters, Eighth Air Force dated 22 November 1943.
Additional Information
  • Date of Birth: 12 May 1917
  • Graduated from Bombardier School at Victorville AAF, Victorville, California, Class #43-02, 23 January 1943.
Related Documents Missing Air Crew Report # 775⇓ (9.803 MB)
Escape & Evasion Report # 211⇓ (8.009 MB)
Photo Album:Crew Photo Album⇗
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER POSITION RESULTS
2nd Lt. Riddel, Jacques Eugene⇗PilotKIA
2nd Lt. Holland, Warren Benjamin⇗Co-pilotPOW
2nd Lt. Peirce, Richard Jackson⇗NavigatorPOW
2nd Lt. Hawes, Harry AlbertBombardierEV
T/SGT. Kirby, Charles Lawrence, Jr⇗Radio Operator / GunnerPOW
T/SGT. Hamblin, Oscar Klass⇗Engineer / Top Turret GunnerEV
S/SGT. Saperstein, Harry (NMI)⇗Ball Turret GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Ross, William Howard⇗Tail GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Morley, James Patrick⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
S/SGT. Ruch, Edward Fred⇗Flexible GunnerPOW
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 6 Combat Missions.
Number Date Target Position Aircraft Mission/Sortie Information
15⇗ 15 August 1943 Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France 		Bombardier 42‑3455⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
16⇗ 16 August 1943 Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Paris, France 		Bombardier 42‑3455⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
17⇗ 17 August 1943 Target: Ball-Bearing Plant
Type: Bearings Industry
Location: Schweinfurt, Germany 		Bombardier 42‑5051⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
18⇗ 27 August 1943 Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site)
Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons)
Location: Watten, France 		Bombardier 42‑3455⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
20⇗ 3 September 1943 Target: Air Park and Aerodrome
Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France 		Bombardier 42‑3455⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Sortie Report⇗
21⇗ 6 September 1943 Type: Industry
Location: Stuttgart, Germany 		Bombardier 42‑3455⇗ Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Out of gas (both wings hit by flak), FW-190 finished them off, crashed in the Bois des Moines, 11 miles NNW of d'Airion and about 16 miles NE of Beauvais, France; MACR 775.
Sortie Report⇗

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