Earl Hertel
Military
* 44 x missions, AM.
** 107 x missions, DFC(2OLC), AM(3OLC).
Object Number - UPL 30536 - Lt Earl Hertel* and Capt James R Carter** compare notes prior to a dusk mission. Ground crew prepare to load the missions payload, they are Sgt...
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Hardert on 5 Sept 44 in P-47 #4275237
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Whack
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 5 September 1944 - 13 May 1945 | |
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Born |
Denmark | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
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Other Promoted |
Revisions
I am the niece of Earl Hertel and I have been researching his time during the war. As I find out more information I will post it. He never talked much about it. He was shot down twice but was able to evade capture the first time. While trying to get away after the second crash he was shot and taken to Stalag 1.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
