Harry F Burgess
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) shot down on 6 Mar 1944 in 'Evanton Babe' B-17G #42-31919. Hit by flak and later by fighters, engine #4 was burning fiercely. In view of the danger of explosion of the gas tanks the Pilot ordered the crew to bail out. 9 airmen jumped when the engine fell off. The pilot then decided to continue his flight to England. Sergeant. Burgess became a Prisoner of War (POW). This was Mission #13
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Evanton Babe
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Gore, Ohio |
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Sources
1999 Unit Roster/friend, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia