John Francis Harrington
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 13253
93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x missions. Mortally wounded on mission, only member of crew hit. Landed in Sweden in B-24 42-51523 17-Jan-45. Wounded in Action (WIA), subsequently died of wounds in Swedish hospital 20-Jan-45. MACR 11742.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-718089
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Pathfinder Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Full House
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cambridge, MA | 26 June 1921 | Son of Helen Harrington. |
Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
Harburg, Hamburg, Germany | 17 January 1945 | Mortally wounded on mission, only member of crew hit. |
Died |
Sweden | 20 January 1945 | Wounded in Action (WIA), subsequently died of wounds in Swedish hospital 20-Jan-45. |
Buried |
Malmo Eastern Churchyard Cemetery, Sweden | 23 January 1945 | Malmo Eastern Churchyard Cemetery, Sweden |
Based |
Hardwick | 20 January 1945 | Assigned to 329BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11742