Harry P Dugas
MilitaryKilled in Action (KIA) on 27-Sep-43 in P-47C 41-6199 while providing withdrawl support to B-17 formations that had attacked at Emden, Germany. His flight encountered German fighters as part of a seek-and-destroy operation and he was shot down with the aircraft crashing into the sea near Juist Island, Germany.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Juist, Germany | 27 September 1943 | Killed when his aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed into the sean near Juist Island, Germany. His reamins have never been recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Jun-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorted event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Made connections to Place an Mission within existing website data; Added Sevice Number, corrected AIrcraft TN designation, added loss details and map location to FTR event per MACR 666; Crafted Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
MACR 666 & 747 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database