Harold Royce Bellows

Military

Assigned 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

Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im
  • 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: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

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.