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S/Sgt Harry P. Hoyer was a machinist before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort Adams, Rhode Island on 24 October 1942.

1st Lt Firman E. Susank:
“While on a flight over Wiener Neustadt, May 10 1944, Blue L was flying #5 position in the high box of the lead attack unit, and our crew in Blue I in #6 position. While we were in the midst of enemy fire, the numbers 1, 2 and 3 planes of the high box were knocked out of formation, leaving numbers 4, 5 and 6 in formation. At approximately 12.12 hours, Blue L, piloted by Lt William P. Gifford, started slipping down and to the left toward our position with the bomb bay doors open and flames covering the inside. Immediately we went into a steep dive to avoid being hit and lost about 500 or 1000 feet. The last any of the officers saw of the plane it passed just over the top of our plane from right to left and was in a dive apparently entirely out of control.”
Flt/O Gerald E. Tyner:
“S/Sgt Hoyer was possibly killed by flak or fire.”

He is remembered at the Old Portsmouth Cemetery in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.