Harry J McDermott Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau in 42-39975 'Just Plain Lonesome' flak KO’d two engines, assumed to have crashed in the sea 30-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5355
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075878 / O-753859
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Baltimore Oriole, Just Plain Lonesome
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Glenside, Pennsylvania | 4 July 1923 | Son of Harry J Snr and Mary A [Keohane] McDermott. |
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Enlisted |
Camden NJ | 9 July 1942 | Camden, New Jersey |
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Died Killed in action |
North Sea | 30 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau flak KO’d two engines, assumed to have crashed in the sea 30-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5355 |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 30 May 1944 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Buried |
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham, Montgomery County, PA | Memorialised Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham, Montgomery County, PA | |
| Camden, NJ |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5355 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5355