Harold Fulgham
MilitaryCPT Harold Fulgham was assigned to 303rd Bomb Group on 13-Sep-42 at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan as a Navigator. He was assigned to B-17F 41-24577 "Hells Angels", 303BG/358BS on 16-Oct-1942 at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan as the Navigator. He arrived at Molesworth, UK on 24-Oct-42 with B-17F 41-24577. He participated in 3 Operations, two of which he served as Lead Navigator for the Group. (See Biography events).
On his third mission - 23-Nov-42, CPT Fulgham was serving as Lead Navigator on B-17F 41-24609 "Holy Mackerel", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Baot pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire over the target which blew out the interphone, damaged hydraulic lines and wounded CPT Fulgham. The hydraulic fluid was spewing into the Navigator's compartment and CPT Fulgham thought that it was blood and that the Pilot, MAJ George L. Robinson had been killed (mistaken) and that the aircraft was going down, so he baled out of the aircraft in a panic and was captured as a POW. No MACR was prepared.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Time's A Wastin'
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Angels
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Holy Mackerel
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Asssigned to Group |
Battle Creek, MI, USA | 13 September 1942 | Assigned to the 303BG as a Navigator on 13-Sep-42 at Kellogg Field, Battle Creek, Michigan. |
Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Battle Creek, MI, USA | 16 October 1942 | Assigned as Navigator of B-17F 41-24577 "Hells Angels" 303BG/358BS on 16-Oct-42 at Kellogg Field, Battle Ceek Michigan. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 24 October 1942 | Arrived with B-17F 41-24577 "Hells Angels", 303BG/358BS at Molesworth, UK. |
Other Mission #1, CPT Harold Fulgham, w/B-17F 41-24577, 303BG/358BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Navigator on B-17F 41-24577 "Hells Angels", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Baot pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, CPT Harold Fulgham, w/B-17F 41-24508, 303BG/358BS |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Lead Navigator on B-17F 41-24508 "Hell Cat", 303BG/358BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, CPT Harold Fulgham, w/B-17F 41-245609, 303BG/359BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Lead Navigator on B-17F 41-24609, 303BG/359BS on mission to bomb the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was hit by flak, but not shot down, and he was wounded and in a panic baled out of the stricken aircraft and was captured as a Prisoner of War. |
Other Prisoner of War |
Moosburg, Germany | 23 November 1942 - 9 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 9-Jun-45/ |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (VARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event pwer 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42.
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event pwer 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42.
Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event pwer 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42.
Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Assigne to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Irl Baldwin crew page.
Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015 Added PH decoration per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian.
Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Group event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, historian, Irl E. Baldwin crew page.
Lee Cunningham 6-Dec-2015. Added NEW person entry based on 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Irl E. Baldwin crew page.