Harry L Ahlborn
MilitarySnippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25118
On 4/16/43 mission to Brest, Plane #41-23847 Yardbird badly shot up. Most of crew bailed out, but plane was gotten under control and pilot landed it at St Eval an RAF base. Not injured in crash.
Earlier with the same pilot Leon Packer 2 December 1942 while transporting navigators to a school in Oxfordshire, main landing gear retracted upon landing. All crewmembers survived on B-24 #41-23674
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
East Jordan, Michigan |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / friend, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 51, Ted's Travelling Circus p. 94