Harry L Young
MilitaryAssigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Floyd Field crew. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen in B-17 42-29806 21-May-43; A/C ditched into North Sea, survivors were picked up 9 hrs later by German Air Sea Rescue. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 16018
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433367
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th 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
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD | 17 December 1941 | Baltimore, Maryland |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 21 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Ditched POW |
North Sea | 21 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshafen; ditched into North Sea, survivors were picked up 9 hrs later by German Air Sea Rescue. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 16018 |
Died |
1 May 1997 | ||
Buried |
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Memorials MD | 4 May 1997 | Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Memorials Timonium, Maryland |
Born |
Maryland | ||
Based |
Thurleigh | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 16018, First Over Germany pg. 119 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16018 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database