Ervin Joseph Pfahler
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 30942
Lt. Determan and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside Boeing B-17G 'The Floose'. England, 11 May 1944.
Rear L-R: 2Lt Alvin Determan, 2Lt Ervin Pfahler, 2Lt Jackson Palmer, 1Lt Lamar Ledbetter.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Milton Hendrickson, Sgt Robert Asman, Sgt Manuel Vasquez, Sgt Acel Livingston, Sgt Wayne Cope, Sgt Albert Carroccia.
Rear L-R: 2Lt Alvin Determan, 2Lt Ervin Pfahler, 2Lt Jackson Palmer, 1Lt Lamar Ledbetter.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Milton Hendrickson, Sgt Robert Asman, Sgt Manuel Vasquez, Sgt Acel Livingston, Sgt Wayne Cope, Sgt Albert Carroccia.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 10 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Liepzig 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5340
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, EAME (1 battle star).
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17079318 / O-753987
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New Washington, Crawford, Ohio | 8 June 1919 | Son of Charles Mathias and Emma Laura [Keplinger] Pfahler. |
Enlisted |
6 January 1943 | ||
Other To ETO |
Europe | 24 March 1944 | Departed US for European theatre. |
Died |
Leipzig, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Liepzig 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5340 |
Buried |
Beucha, Germany | 30 May 1944 | Interred Beucha cemetery |
Based |
Molesworth | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot B Row 7 Grave 20 | ||
Buried |
Saint Bernard Cemetery, New Washington, Crawford County, OH | Memorialised Saint Bernard Cemetery New Washington Crawford County Ohio | |
Other Pre Flight training |
San Antonio, TX | Pre-flight training - San Antonio, Texas | |
Other Flight training |
Tulsa, OK | Primary flight training - Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
Other Flight training |
Independence, KS | Basic flight training - Independence, Kansas | |
Other Flight training |
Eagle Pass, TX | Advanced flight training - Eagle Pass, Texas | |
Other Combat flight training |
Dalhart, TX | Combat flight training - Dalhart, Texas |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5340