Harry Lee Matthew
MilitaryPeter Randall
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
- 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-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
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Promotion |
18 February 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Other 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 | |
Other Promotion |
22 July 1944 | Promoted to Captain. | |
Other 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. | |
Other 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. | |
Other 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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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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