Harry Siders

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Harry Siders was the Tail Gunner on B-17 Fort Worth Gal #44-6095 on the 10 September 1944 mission. Killed in Action (KIA). Seen preparing to bail out of the Fortress before it exploded and crashed at Neibsheim, near Bruchsal, Germany.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Chester Diedrich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19113223
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Alexander Donaldson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13171816
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Waist Gunner

Ernest Germano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19089763 at enlistment, then O-555010
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Cloyde Inman Goody

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38406212
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James Marshall Grey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19206466 at enlistment, then O-768076
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

44-6095

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Forth Worth Gal
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

French civillians inspect a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32086) nicknamed "You Never Know" of the 457th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '10/9/44 France.'

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  • Date: 10 September 1944

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbus, Ohio 23 March 1925 the son of Harry E. Siders. He had a twin sister named Ethel Siders who later married and became Ethel Carillet, my grandmother.

Enlisted

10 August 1943 Columbus, Ohio

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

10 September 1944 Not clear how he was killed. The plane, Fort Worth Gal, was hit by AA and the entire crew bailed out. 8 crew members were captured by the Germans and as per MACR 8906, his body was found in Neibsheim, near Bruchsal (German KU 2882 report). Fellow crew members state that an old woman came to them with Sgt. Sider's parachute and helmet, which were both covered with blood.
Columbus, Ohio

Buried

In Germany, in a cemetery in the Neibsheim/Bruchsal area

Buried

Harry Siders' remains were brought back to the US and he rests at the Union Cemetery in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

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MACR 8906
HEADSTONE Application signed in January 1949 by his father Harry E. Siders

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Justin Linnert, Harry Siders was my Great Uncle.

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Justin Linnert, Harry Siders was my Great Uncle.

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Justin Linnert, Harry Siders was my Great Uncle.

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Justin Linnert, Harry Siders was my Great Uncle.

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Harry Siders was my Great Uncle, my name is Justin Linnert.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8906