Charles Harmon
Military
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UPL 20451
Hit and Run, 43-38391, B-17-G-85-BO
With the Harmon crew.
Standing (l-r): unknown, Harmon, O'Brien, Baun, Lindia, and unknown.
Kneeling (l-r): Cannon, Davy, Riley, Stiver and Pignanelli.
With the Harmon crew.
Standing (l-r): unknown, Harmon, O'Brien, Baun, Lindia, and unknown.
Kneeling (l-r): Cannon, Davy, Riley, Stiver and Pignanelli.
Edited to correct misnamed front row crew members Riley and Stiver. Riley is 3rd from the left; Stiver, my father, is 4th from the left.
Charles Harmon was first Co-Pilot, then a Pilot in the 34th Bomb Group/7th Bomb Squadron.
He flew on operations from 17 July to 6 October 1944.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37576057
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16089223
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11037051
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19126006 at enlistment, then O-764416
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hit and Run
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Revisions
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Sources
Connections with crew members in photo.
34th Bomb Group website http://valortovictory.tripod.com
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
8th AF News, September 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia