Harold Dean Hollis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
359th FG - 370th FS
Harold D. Hollis - Pilot
photographed at Attlebridge, home of the 466th BG 466th Bomb Group collection
Corrected association from 370th Fighter Group to 370th Fighter Squadron.
Object Number - UPL 16283 - P-47D-11-RE #42-75409 Code: CR-X (later changed to CS-X) 359th FG - 370th FS Harold D. Hollis - Pilot photographed at Attlebridge, home of the...
Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. 250 x combat hrs. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bomb mission on bridge at Nanteuil, in P-51B 42-106808, shot down by flak crashed near Nanteuil sur-Marne Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6258.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
![Three P-51 Mustangs of the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group fly together in formation. The aircraft foreground to background are: (IV-P, serial number 44-14543) nicknamed "Precious Pat", piloted by Lieutenant Ralston; (IV-Z, serial number 44-15007) piloted by Lieutenant Klem; and (IV-D, serial number 44-15394). First handwritten caption on reverse: 'November 15 1944- 369th FS Lts. Ralston (P), Klem (Z), [illegible] (D).' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '15/11/44 369th Fighter Squadron, 3](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377226.jpg.webp?itok=RQw6Mu-P)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 3rd Scouting Force 55th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 370th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Holton, Kansas | 12 February 1922 | Son of Benjamin Ward and Bessie G [Arnold] Hollis. |
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Died KIA |
Nanteuil-sur-Marne, France | 22 June 1944 | Shot down by flak over target on a mission to dive bomb the bridge at Nanteuil, France, north of Paris. |
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Buried Promoted |
395 Biddle Blvd, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, USA | Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth Leavenworth County Kansas, USA Plot: Section 2, site 221-B | |
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Based |
East Wretham | 22 June 1944 | Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
466th BG Historian
"Mustangs and Unicorns - A History of the 359th FG" - Jack H. Smith
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6258 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list