Herbert served as a First Lieutenant & Flight Crew Member on C-47A #43-48223, 1403rd Base Unit, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Orleans Parish, Louisiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1941, prior to the war, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-47A #43-48223 took off from England on a flight to France during the war. They were carrying a U.S.O. civilian entertainment group. They crashed, for an unknown reason, near Carmeilles-en-Vallangou, France.
Herbert died in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash during World War II.
Service # O-526563
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Mississippi.
( see family links below )
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Those killed on this U.S.O. Flight:
Barschdorf, Alfred E ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, VT
Chapman, Lester I ~ Civilian, Wrestler, TX
Dearstine, Robert H ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Donor, Ruth G, Mrs ~ Civilian, NJ
Foster, Festus F ~ Captain, Navy, VA
Heeger, Paul J ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, OH
Heideman, Lawrence L L ~ Lt, Navy, MI
Hirth, Herbert H ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, LA
Hope, John G ~ Spec/1c, Navy, PA
Mansell, Paul A ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, NY
Matkovich, George ~ Civilian, Wrestler
McVey, Albert J ~ Sgt, Air Force, IL
Reuben, Benny ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Ross, George "Jack" ~ Civilian, Wrestler, IL
Sabath, Harold A ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Young, Gaius W ~ Civilian, Wrestler, MN
Note: The Associated Press reported that the European Division of the Air Transport Command stated that this ended a safety run in which 5 million miles of flying by that division had occurred without a loss of life.
( Bio & Flight Listing by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Orleans Parish, Louisiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1941, prior to the war, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-47A #43-48223 took off from England on a flight to France during the war. They were carrying a U.S.O. civilian entertainment group. They crashed, for an unknown reason, near Carmeilles-en-Vallangou, France.
Herbert died in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash during World War II.
Service # O-526563
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Mississippi.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Those killed on this U.S.O. Flight:
Barschdorf, Alfred E ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, VT
Chapman, Lester I ~ Civilian, Wrestler, TX
Dearstine, Robert H ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Donor, Ruth G, Mrs ~ Civilian, NJ
Foster, Festus F ~ Captain, Navy, VA
Heeger, Paul J ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, OH
Heideman, Lawrence L L ~ Lt, Navy, MI
Hirth, Herbert H ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, LA
Hope, John G ~ Spec/1c, Navy, PA
Mansell, Paul A ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, NY
Matkovich, George ~ Civilian, Wrestler
McVey, Albert J ~ Sgt, Air Force, IL
Reuben, Benny ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Ross, George "Jack" ~ Civilian, Wrestler, IL
Sabath, Harold A ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Young, Gaius W ~ Civilian, Wrestler, MN
Note: The Associated Press reported that the European Division of the Air Transport Command stated that this ended a safety run in which 5 million miles of flying by that division had occurred without a loss of life.
( Bio & Flight Listing by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Herbert served as a First Lieutenant & Flight Crew Member on C-47A #43-48223, 1403rd Base Unit, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Orleans Parish, Louisiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1941, prior to the war, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-47A #43-48223 took off from England on a flight to France during the war. They were carrying a U.S.O. civilian entertainment group. They crashed, for an unknown reason, near Carmeilles-en-Vallangou, France.
Herbert died in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash during World War II.
Service # O-526563
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Mississippi.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Those killed on this U.S.O. Flight:
Barschdorf, Alfred E ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, VT
Chapman, Lester I ~ Civilian, Wrestler, TX
Dearstine, Robert H ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Donor, Ruth G, Mrs ~ Civilian, NJ
Foster, Festus F ~ Captain, Navy, VA
Heeger, Paul J ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, OH
Heideman, Lawrence L L ~ Lt, Navy, MI
Hirth, Herbert H ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, LA
Hope, John G ~ Spec/1c, Navy, PA
Mansell, Paul A ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, NY
Matkovich, George ~ Civilian, Wrestler
McVey, Albert J ~ Sgt, Air Force, IL
Reuben, Benny ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Ross, George "Jack" ~ Civilian, Wrestler, IL
Sabath, Harold A ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Young, Gaius W ~ Civilian, Wrestler, MN
Note: The Associated Press reported that the European Division of the Air Transport Command stated that this ended a safety run in which 5 million miles of flying by that division had occurred without a loss of life.
( Bio & Flight Listing by: Russ Pickett )
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He resided in Orleans Parish, Louisiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on January 3, 1941, prior to the war, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
C-47A #43-48223 took off from England on a flight to France during the war. They were carrying a U.S.O. civilian entertainment group. They crashed, for an unknown reason, near Carmeilles-en-Vallangou, France.
Herbert died in the "Line Of Duty" in this crash during World War II.
Service # O-526563
He also has a "Cenotaph" in the Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Mississippi.
( see family links below )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Those killed on this U.S.O. Flight:
Barschdorf, Alfred E ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, VT
Chapman, Lester I ~ Civilian, Wrestler, TX
Dearstine, Robert H ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, NY
Donor, Ruth G, Mrs ~ Civilian, NJ
Foster, Festus F ~ Captain, Navy, VA
Heeger, Paul J ~ Pfc, Flight Crew, OH
Heideman, Lawrence L L ~ Lt, Navy, MI
Hirth, Herbert H ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, LA
Hope, John G ~ Spec/1c, Navy, PA
Mansell, Paul A ~ 1st Lt, Flight Crew, NY
Matkovich, George ~ Civilian, Wrestler
McVey, Albert J ~ Sgt, Air Force, IL
Reuben, Benny ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Ross, George "Jack" ~ Civilian, Wrestler, IL
Sabath, Harold A ~ Civilian, Wrestler
Young, Gaius W ~ Civilian, Wrestler, MN
Note: The Associated Press reported that the European Division of the Air Transport Command stated that this ended a safety run in which 5 million miles of flying by that division had occurred without a loss of life.
( Bio & Flight Listing by: Russ Pickett )
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