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Personal info

Full name
SEYMOUR, Hartley Stevens Jr
Date of birth
24 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
O-684064
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
525th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1944
Place of death
Schlebusch, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 39 49

Immediate family

Members
Hartley S. Seymour (father)
Mattie S. Seymour (mother)
Lillie J. Seymour (sister)
Mildred I. (Guinn) Seymour (wife)
Harry Seymour (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97520
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Peg-O-My-Heart
Destination: Halberstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory
MACR: 2881

More information

2nd Lt Hartley S. Seymour Jr. attended Bolton High School.

He received his wings and commission on 26 June 1943, at Blackland Field, Texas.

After bombs away and on their way back the plane started falling after it had been shot by anti-aircraft. Only S/Sgt Kritzer survived.

One crew member survived and was taken prisoner. Nine men wer killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Leverkusen Manfort on 29 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Town Talk

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.newspapers.com - The Town Talk, www.ancestry.com - Bolton High School Yearbook 1936, www.americanairmuseum.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-F, Coleman Flying School, Texas