Herbert Emanuel Levy Jr
Military
Rear L-R: 2Lt Austin Julius Mack, 2Lt Herbert E Levy Jr., 1Lt Hobart H Steely, 2Lt Charles M Hall, 2Lt James B. "Jim" Taylor.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Douglas L Jones, S/Sgt Woodroe Gilbert Dulin, S/Sgt James B Cox, S/Sgt William H 'Syracuse' Loveland, Sgt Leslie H "Buster" Schweinebraten, Sgt Royal G Kennard Jr.
Object Number - UPL 37436 - "Lt Taylor and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 6 Feb 1944." Rear L-R: 2Lt Austin...
Herbert Levy was on board of B-17 42-32037 on the 23 March 1944 mission to Hamm, Germany. The Fortress returned to base without the tail gunner after the tail gunners' compartment was shot off by Flak. Levy returned to duty (RTD). Herbert was Navigator on B-17 42-39785 "Thru Hel'en Hiwater", shot down 22 April 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (3OLC), 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: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38341021
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39262720
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35619772
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14119212 at enlistment, then O-693358
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32204721 / O-542491
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 April 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Houston, Texas, USA | 12 September 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
23 June 1942 | Houston, Texas | |
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Other Commissioned |
13 November 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
22 April 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Captured south of Hamm, Germany. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 22 May 1945.” | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
19 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Miami Shores, Miami-Dade County, FL | 3 October 2005 | |
| Houston, Texas |
Revisions
MACR 4272
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
MACR 3545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4272 / MACR 4272, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
