Harvey Arlie Manley
Military ROLL OF HONOURWim Slangen - Photo from Fields of Honor.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3436. Killed in Action (KIA).
Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery Plot F Row 20 Grave 17
Born September 29, 1920 in Blackwell - Clay County - Oklahoma. His parents Mr. John and Mrs. Bertha Manley in 1943 lived in Alamo - Hidalgo County, Texas.
From The Brownville Herald of November 24 1943: Second Lt Harvey A. Manley has been missing in action since October 14 the day of the great daylight raid on Schweinfurt.
Lt Manley graduated from Donna High School and was attending Kingsville A&I college when he joined the air forces on February 26 1942 in Randolph Field. He was commissioned as a bombardier at Midland and then completed a navigation and radio course before going overseas in September of this year (1943).
After Harvey's death his parents moved back to Ponca City - Kat County Oklahoma. To the ranch Harvey should have taken over after the war ended.
Thanks to Cynthia M. Kennedy PhD, Librarian at the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society. Photo from Fields of Honor.
http://home.kpn.nl/slang075/breeden-crew-members-42-3436.html
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Blackwell, Oklahoma 74631, Verenigde Staten | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Eygelshoven Netherlands | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1034 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database