Adney J Harmon

Military
media-56337.jpeg UPL 56337 S/Sgt Adney J Harmon, 98BG.

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Object Number - UPL 56337 - S/Sgt Adney J Harmon, 98BG.

Crew member of the B-24D, 41-11761, The Squaw, that flew on the 1-Aug-43 Ploesti bombing mission. Damaged over Ploesti by flak, they diverted to Cypress. Returned to base at Benghazi, Libya 3-Aug-43. Flew to Fort Worth, TX, USA for war bonds tour with A/C, 1944.

Awards: DFC, AM (9OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

343rd Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Royden Louis LeBrecht

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18065645 / O-726423
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-11761

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Sleepy - The Squaw
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Benina

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Saco, ME 24 November 1920

Enlisted

Portland, ME 20 January 1942 Portland, Maine

Other

Survived Ploesti

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Crew member B-24 41-11761 'Little Squaw' flew on the 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, diverted to Cypress.

Died

Colchester, CT 17 November 1997

Buried

Saint Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford, York County, ME 20 November 1997 Saint Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford, York County, Maine

Based

Assigned

Benina Assigned 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.

Other

War Bond Tour

Fort Worth, TX, USA Returned to Fort Worth, Texas for war bonds tour with A/C.
Saco, ME, USA Saco, Maine, USA.

Other

Marriage

Married Gertrude Couture.

Revisions

Date22 Mar 2022 14:19:07
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to nickname, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/663822/adney-j-harmon-social-security-deat…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83368449/adney-j-harmon-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.fold3.com/record/713193664/harmon-adney-j-us-veterans-grave…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218842246/adney-harmon

Date21 Mar 2022 19:40:58
ContributorKickapoo
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Removed punctuation from a/c name, for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo

Date31 Mar 2015 20:42:35
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, aircraft associations, mission associations and media associations
Sources

http://texashistory.unt.edu / USAAF Photo

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