84th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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Harry T Lay
Military
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Capt. Harry T. Lay, 78th FG.
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Page 130 of the Duxford Diary. Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (‘European Theater of Operations’). The Duxford Diary was the book created by and for the service personnel who were based at Duxford at the end of the war in Europe, as a memento of their time at the airfield. Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries.
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Harry T. Lay - Sick Paper 1944
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Bruce Field Class 42-H
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on 17 July 1944, died on 20 July 1994 in AC 42-26652.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Service
Units served with
Aircraft
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42-26652
P-47 Thunderbolt
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | CO | 5 June 1921 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | France | 17 July 1944 – 20 July 1944 |
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Shot down on 17 July 1944 and died of wounds on 20 July 1944. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 May 2017 03:14:17 | JoCarter | Changes to awards |
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See medal listings in Discription |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 01 October 2016 21:24:21 | bombercommand | Changes to biography and events |
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UPL 23771 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:28 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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ABMC, MACR 6785 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6785 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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