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Personal info

Full name
HALL, Felix C
Date of birth
21 October 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Spencer County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15048982
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
710th Bombardment Squadron,
447th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
3 March 1944
Place of death
Wesermünde-Bremerhaven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Hall (father)
Mary E. (Heady) Hall (mother)
Leo D. Hall (brother)
Lilian Hall (sister)
Elizabeth M. Hall (wife)
Mary E. Hall (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31112
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Paper Doll
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial areas
MACR: 2887

More information

S/Sgt Felix C. Hall was an errand boy.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 4 August 1942.

The mission of the day was to bomb industrial areas in Berlin. Due to deteriorating weather and dense contrails, the formations had to abort the mission. They turned back for home and crossed another formation. The airplane collided head-on with airplane 42-38075 and crashed with the loss of all on board both planes.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Eddie Dubiel, www.wwiimemorial.com - Missing Aircrew Report 2887, www.ancestry.com, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Eddie Dubiel, www.ancestry.com , www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal