Harold Royce Bellows
MilitaryAssigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20848493 / O-725730
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
McCool Junction, NE | 27 November 1923 | Son of Harold Wesley and Matilda [Rife] Bellows. |
Enlisted |
Columbia, OH | 24 August 1943 | |
Other Baled out POW |
Vienna, Austria | 16 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825. |
Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 16 July 1944 | Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF. |
31 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
3 March 2000 | ||
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery, York County, NE | 7 March 2000 | Greenwood Cemetery McCool Junction, York County, NE |
Based |
Amendola | 16 July 1944 | Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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