Arthur Claude Harris

Military
media-7461.jpeg UPL 7461 42-30033 Nose Art, "Little America"

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Object Number - UPL 7461 - 42-30033 Nose Art, "Little America"

Assigned to the 384th BG on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Francis J. Witt Crew.

On 12 June 1943 involved in an accident on a formation training flight in B17 42-30131.

Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 42-30033 'Little America.' Prisoner of War (POW). 16 combat missions.

POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12.

MACR 1335

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

T L Carter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-120976 / O-2044841
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Maurice Stanley Dillingham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1699192
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot, 547th Squadron Commander

Edmund Samuel Goulder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736509
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Claude R Leslie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Francis John Witt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15070899 / O-665749
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30033

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-30131

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 1 December 2003

Born

Minneapolis, Michigan, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1335 / MACR 1335, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 147 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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