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Object Number - UPL 40592 - Harold A Greenwell, Enigineer & Top Gunner 379th Bomb Group, 1st Air Division, 8th Air Force
Available: 2 May 1944
Assigned: 8 May 1944 - Douglas Aircraft / Douglas Modification Center # 16 - (Tulsa Municipal)
Assigned: 18 May 1944 / 23 May 1944 - 3rd AF / 302nd AAFBU (Staging Wing) - (Hunter AAF)
Assigned: 24 May 1944 - ATC / North Atlantic Wing - (Dow AAF)
Assigned: 28 May 1944 / 1 June 1944 - 8th AF / VIII Service Command / BAD 1 - (RAF Burtonwood)
Assigned: 2 June 1944 - 8th AF / 1st BD / 41st CBW / 379th BG / 526th BS - (RAF Kimbolton)
( Triangle-K ) ( LF * S )
After 1 August 1944: ( 3 ) ( Triangle-K - inside Yellow triangle ) ( S )
32 combat missions
MIA: 28 September 1944 @ 1159 hrs (Flak)
with 2Lt Arnold Dixon, Co-pilot: 2Lt Lloyd Mokler, Navigator: 2Lt Lou Knecht, Bombardier: 2Lt Howard Thedinga, Flight engineer: T/Sgt Cyrus Baucum, Radio Operator: T/Sgt Robert Callender, Ball turret gunner: S/Sgt Frank Oberg, Waist gunner: S/Sgt Harry Painter Jr, Tail gunner: S/Sgt Harry Johnson
crashed Anderten, Germany
9 POW (MACR 9361)
8th AF mission: (Magdeburg, Germany)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39277655
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Savannah Army Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 28 September 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 28 September 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9361 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database