Haas, Lewis T. ASN 39556128 S/Sgt.
452nd Bombardment Group, 730th Bomb. Squadron.
U.S. Home Base---- Pendleton Field, Oregon.
Overseas Base---- Deopham Green, England.
Tail Gunner--Armorer on a B-17 Heavy Bomber.
Air Offensive, Europe.
Feb. 10, 1944, Fighters and mid-air collision over
Germany. 9 of 10 men on our crew killed.
Prison camps-- East Prussia and Poland--3 months marching over 800 miles.

Service continental U.S.
Date of Induction Jan. 25, 1943.
Entered active service Feb. 1, 1943.
Date of separation--Dec. 10, 1945.
Basic training Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss.
Armament School, Buckley Field, Denver, Colorado.
Armament School, Lowry Field, Denver,Colorado.
Flexible Gunnery School, Laredo, Texas.
Altitude testing and assignment, Salt Lake City, Utah
Permanent Crew Assignments Moses Lake, Wash.
High Altitude mission training Walla Walla, Wash.
Low Altitude air to ground Gunnery, Redmond, Ore.
Back to Walla Walla for more training and Crew was issued a brand new B-17G Bomber.
Staging Area Pyote, Texas---Bomb Bays fitted with huge rubber tanks for transporting of 100 Octane Aviation gas to Europe. (I guess they figured as long as we were flying over we might as well be a delivery truck.)
Staging area Grand Island, Neb. Filled tanks and loaded ammo.
Departed Presque Isle, Maine--Dest. Goose Bay Labrador.
Departed Goose Bay---Dest. Iceland.
Departed Iceland--- Dest. Prestwick, Scotland.
Departed Scotland---Dest. Deopham Green, England.

Continental service-----1 Year, 5 Months, 9 days.
Foreign service---------1 Year, 5 Months, 8 days.
Prisoner of war---------1 Year, 3 Months.
U.S. Army Air Corps-----1 Year, 7 Months, 17 days
German Luftwaffe--------1 Year, 3 Months, Har-Har

Departure U.S.A.--Destination Europe, Jan. 3, 1944.
Arrived Deopham Green Jan. 7, 1944.
Departure England-- Feb. 10, 1944.
Arrived Germany ----Feb. 10, 1944
Departure Germany --May. 2, 1945
Arrived Brussels Belg. May 8,1945.
Departure LeHarve France-Destination U.S.A.--June 1, 1945
Arrived Boston Mass. June 11, 1945

Namur, Belgium 1945 back under US control

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