Earl Arthur Hardy

Military

Assigned to 389BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew aboard B-24 42-52622 'Fluxuatin Kate'.

 

Awards: American Campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "Fluxatin' Kate" of the 487th Bomb Group.

42-52622

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fluxuatin' Kate
  • Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 487th Bomb Group 376th Bomb Group 512th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Paul, Minnesota 1 September 1909 Born St Paul, Minnesota

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, Minnesota 18 November 1940 Enlisted Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Died

5 September 2001

Buried

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California 8 September 2001 Interred Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/617186793

https://www.fold3.com/record/84562349/earl-a-hardy-wwii-army-enlistment…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178768140/earl-arthur-hardy

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History