Russell Paul Hardy
MilitaryTop row, from left to right :
1st Lt Gerald W. Johnston; 1st Lt Matthew R. Robinson, Co-Pilot; 1st Lt Donald L. Lash, Navigator; 1st Lt Frank D. O’Neill, Bombardier.
Front row, left to right : T/Sgt Russell P. Hardy, Top Turret Gunner; T/sgt William J. Parks, Radio Operator; S/Sgt Ben Marshall, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt Dayton C. Kelly, Waist Gunner and S/Sgt James S. Lawman, Tail Gunner.
NARA WWII Air Force photos - B-71195A.C.
Russell Hardy was Top Turret Gunner on B-17 "Bob Tail Battler" #42-102677. Crashed at Garlitz on 14 January 1945. Prisoner of War (POW)
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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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14095884 at enlistment, then O-817574
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18124447
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19151210 at enlistment, then O-723383
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35752433
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18135419
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mississippi Mission, Bob Tail Battler
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
2 February 1923 | Reading, Hamilton County, Ohio | |
Enlisted |
22 February 1943 | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
Other captured |
14 January 1945 | near Garlitz, 18km North of Brandenburg, Germany after the crash of B-17 #42-102677 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
14 January 1945 | NARA WWII POW records : “Interned in Germany. Returned to Military Control 23 July 1945.” | |
Died |
28 October 2000 | ||
Reading, Hamilton County, Ohio | |||
Buried |
Russell Hardy rests at the Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia, United States |
Revisions
MACR 11725
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII POW records
NARA - German captured documents : KU-3569 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147911915
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11725 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database