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Personal info

Full name
HARVEY, Herbert Honniball
Date of birth
20 November 1915
Age
27
Place of birth
Parlier, Fresno County, California
Hometown
Parlier, Fresno County, California

Military service

Service number
39083331
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 May 1943
Place of death
North Sea, north of Schiermonikoog, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Stanley W. Harvey (father)
Anna E. (Honniball) Harvey (mother)
Alice E. Harvey (sister)
Stanley W. Harvey (brother)
Francis I. Harvey (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-24515
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Jersey Bounce / Marie Jane
Destination: Wilhemshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 3458

More information

T/Sgt Herbert H. Harvey enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 21 October 1941.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. The entire crew of ten men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, MACR, www.ancestry.com - Truban/Parks Family Tree, 1940Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Vikki Sturdivant