Harold James Larson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Blainville, France in B-24 41-29543 27-Apr-44; flak damaged and 2 engines out, A/C exploded before he could exit. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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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: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12190218
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16081191 / O-751592
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17079242 / O-752488
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15087334
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38333212
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pingree, Stutsman County, ND | 8 May 1922 | Son of Harry W and Hilma [Holmberg] Larson. |
Died |
Palm Bay, Cliftonville | 27 April 1944 | |
Buried |
28 April 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
Buried |
Rest Cemetery, Pingree, ND | Re-Interred Rest Cemetery Pingree, Stutsman County, ND | |
Based |
Bungay | 27 April 1944 | Assigned to 706BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 257 History of the 446th by Jansen. Roll of Honor p. 308; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 91 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia