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Personal info

Full name
HAVILAND, Louis P
Date of birth
21 April 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
White Plains, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
12036918
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
366th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 May 1943
Place of death
North Sea, at the entrance of Kiel harbour, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 18 2

Immediate family

Members
John H. Haviland (father)
Mary V. Haviland (mother)
Veronica Haviland (sister)
Wallace Haviland (sister)
Madline Haviland (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24624
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Madame Betterfly
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Krupp Germaniawerft U-boat yards
MACR: 15549

More information

Louis P. Haviland graduated from Harrison High School in 1941.

He volunteered for the the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 15 December 1941 in New York City in New York.
The plane was attacked by an enemy airplane as it proceeded to the northward of Kiel and it was seen to make a steep dive and hit the water as it passed over the entrance of Kiel Harbor.

Seven crew members survived and were taken prisoner, three men were killed.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Enlistment Record / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.americanairmuseum.com, New York Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Harrison High School, yearbook 1941