Leslie E Halcott Jr
Military
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UPL 45015
Identification Card, Leslie E. Halcott
NARA, KU Reports https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142682233
Leslie Halcott was Co-Pilot of B-17G #42-97483 on the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin. Damaged by fighters but continued to the target. Crew was later forced to bail out and a/c crashed near Wilmersdorf, a Berlin suburb, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34408909
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748611
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37499269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15096348 at enlistment, then O-741266
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809651
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
30 July 1923 | Middletown, Orange County, New York | |
Enlisted |
7 January 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 | |
Died |
25 April 2002 | Castle Point, Dutchess County, New York | |
Middletown, Orange County, New York |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 2902
VETERANS BIRLS Death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2902, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces