Harry Lee Matthew

Military
media-31123.jpeg UPL 31123 Capt Harry L Matthew 369FS, 359FG, 8AF seated in P-51B 43-24798 IV-T "Pistol Packin Mama II".

Peter Randall

Object Number - UPL 31123 - Capt Harry L Matthew 369FS, 359FG, 8AF seated in P-51B 43-24798 IV-T "Pistol Packin Mama II".

Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). Returned for 2nd tour. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51D 'Pistol Packin Mama' 44-15081 crashed near Neustadt on 28-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12800.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama II Norma J
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Promotion

18 February 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

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Crashed

6 March 1944 Take Off Accident East Wretham/Sta 133 Cat 5 damage Lt Harry L Matthew, 6-Mar-44. Lost power on take off Aborted take off and ran off end of runway. RTD P-47D 42-74685 - 369FS 359FG 8AF

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Promotion

22 July 1944 Promoted to Captain.

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End Tour of Duty (ETD)

23 July 1944 Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Based

2 October 1944 - 28 February 1945 Returned for 2nd tour to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Shot down

28 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51D 'Pistol Packin Mama' 44-15081 crashed near Neustadt on 28-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12800.

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Prisoner of War (POW)

28 February 1945 - 26 April 1945 Prisoner of War. Stalag Luft I.

Based

23 July 1944 Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 12800 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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