Harry Young Aldridge

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Plantlunne aerodrome in P-47D 42-76268, hit by flak, A/C abandoned Almelo when oil pressure hit zero. Crashed near Oldenzaal. Parachute failed to open. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7512.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California, USA 9 August 1920

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 5 August 1942

Other

Assigned

Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK 24 June 1944 - 4 August 1944 Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Oldenzaal, Netherlands 4 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Plantlunne aerodrome in P-47D 42-76268, hit by flak, A/C abandoned Almelo when oil pressure hit zero. Crashed near Oldenzaal. Parachute failed to open. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7512.

Buried

Inglewood, CA, USA Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Los Angeles County California, USA.
Santa Ana, CA, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7512 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list