Craig Jack Harwood
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image courtesy of Craig H Swanson
Object Number - UPL 6665 - A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Captain Craig Jack Harwood is in the front row on the left.
Shot down on 16th mission on 17 April 1943 in B-17 #4229625, Aged 24. Killed in Action (KIA). Last plane in lead squadron on mission to Bremen, it suffered heavy fighter attack over the target causing damage to both wings and to 2 engines. The entire crew bailed out, but Harwood was one of 3 crew members to die.
Posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf clusters, Purple Heart
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Barrington, IL, USA | 17 May 1919 | |
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Died |
17 April 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Neustadt, Bremen, Germany | 17 April 1943 | |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, J-4-12 | ||
| Waukegan, IL, USA |
Revisions
Craig Harwood (Son), via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
'Award Medal to Pilot Killed on Bremen Raid', < a href="http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1943/05/14/page/5/article/award-meda…">Chicago Tribune, 14 May 1943.
Page on ABMC
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15517 / MACR 15517, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 107, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 90-91, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
