James Richard Harl

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-21512.jpeg UPL 21512 James Harl - Bloomfield, 344th BG , KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21512 - James Harl - Bloomfield, 344th BG , KIA

Assigned to 497BS, 344BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Erkeland in B-26 43-34565; shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Erkeland, Germany. 23-Feb-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12649

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

344th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

497th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Carl Franklin Chapman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-659663
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-34565

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Nicknames: Gratis Gladys
Unit: 344th Bomb Group 497th Bomb Squadron

Places

Two airmen of the 344th Bomb Group sitting in a field of poppies near their base at Cormeille-en-Vexin, France.

Cormeilles-en-Vexin, France

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Pulaski, Iowa	21 March 1920	Son of James S and Mary E [Fordemwalt] Harl.
Other Killed in Action	Erkelenz, Germany	23 February 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) Erkeland in B-26 43-34565; shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Erkeland, Germany. 23-Feb-45. KIA MACR 12649
Buried	Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln County, NE		Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Based			Assigned to 497BS, 344BG, 9AF USAAF.