Ralph Bernard Haley
Military
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Object Number - FRE 1287 - German soldiers and civillians inspect a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) nicknamed "Booby Trap" that has crashed near Füssen. First...
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Phillip Bennett crew. 18 x combat missions. Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4349
Twin brother of Raymond John Haley (Co-Pilot, 547BS). Both became Prisoners of War.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34705188
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-803757
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807935
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17143044
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-751963
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Booby Trap
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Denver, CO | 30 July 1916 | Son of Theresa Helfenbein. Step-son of Henry Helfenbein. |
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Enlisted |
Denver, CO | 5 December 1941 | Denver, Colorado |
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Based Assigned |
Grafton Underwood | 10 December 1943 - 24 March 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 24 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Force landed POW |
Fussen, Germany | 24 April 1944 | Shot down 24-Apr-44 in B-17 42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4349 |
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Died |
Aurora, CO | 9 June 2015 | |
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Buried |
Mount Olivet CemeteryWheat Ridge, Jefferson County, CO | 12 June 2015 | Mount Olivet Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado |
Revisions
8th AF News, June 2000; MACR 4349, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4349 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
