Harold Louis Fordham
MilitaryAssigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. On 19-Aug-44 on H2X mission to Bremen Mosquito was struck by flak and crashed. Second Mickey Mosquito lost on operations over Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7949
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Served in Korean and Vietnam conflicts, retiring as Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19097842 / O-680489
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Duluth, Ramsey County, MN | 12 April 1918 | Son of Mathilda Louise Fordham. |
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Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 20 February 1942 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Other Baled out POW |
Bremen, Germany | 19 August 1944 | On 19-Aug-44 on H2X mission to Bremen Mosquito was struck by flak and crashed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7949 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 19 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
El Paso, TX | 2 October 2001 | |
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Based |
Watton | 19 August 1944 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, TX | Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197359500/harold-louis-fordham
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Combat Chronology; Unit History
The 25th Bomb Group Book (rcn) in World War II by Norman Malayney / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia