Harry L Young

Military

Assigned 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

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

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

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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