Abe C Harper

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by flak just after bombs away on a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31781 'Cock of the Walk. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

563rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31781

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Cock of the Walk
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Knettishall airfield looking south, the bomb dump is bottom left, 13 March 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC226. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		4 February 1944
Born
Buried	North Carolina
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	4 February 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:02:43

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2350 / MACR 2350, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database