The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
1st Lt. Donald A. Hastreiter served as pilot of the B-24J (42-51275) on the 16 January 1945 mission to Lauta. He was listed as MIA (POW) on the MACR.
German records confirm Hastreiter, born 8 March 1920, was captured and identified as one of the five crew members taken prisoner following the crash near Saalau/Kamenz.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Position
Pilot
Serial Number
O-710933
Missions flown.
7 catalogued · 16 Jan 1945 — 24 Dec 1944
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1945
Official record
2nd Air Division · 2nd Air Division Digital Archive · 1944
Official record