Harry L Minor
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Shot down 16 September 1943 in B-17 #42-29876 'Battlin' Bobbie', Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was sheltered in various places in France. He was among the 17 Allied airmen (1 from the RAF, all the others from the USAAF) who were on board the Royal Navy Motor Gun Boat MGB-503 which left Sous-Kéruzeau (Brittany, France) on 26 February 1944, arriving in England the following day.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38097706
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Livingston, Montana, USA | 11 June 1914 | |
Other Evaded |
France | 16 September 1943 - 27 February 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 978 / MACR 978; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database