David Noah Harmon

Military
media-46363.jpeg UPL 46363 Captain (later Major) David Noah Harmon
Fighter Pilot/Asst Group Ops Officer
365th Fighter Group

Object Number - UPL 46363 - Captain (later Major) David Noah Harmon Fighter Pilot/Asst Group Ops Officer 365th Fighter Group

Assigned to 386FS, 365FG, 9AF USAAF. Assistant group Operations Officer. On a dive bombing mission in support of V Corps, having seen heavy AA fire whilst bombing German tank positions. Set up a strafing pass on flak positions and was hit by a 20mm round in the main tank along with 25+ other hits. Seemingly, his fuel management must have left him with a full main tank which stopped the explosion that should have come from the direct hit !! Awarded the Oak Leaf to his DFC for this deed, he considered himself the luckiest man alive.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (15OLC), BS, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Elsie
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (365th Fighter Group)
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (365th Fighter Group)

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Chièvres Air Base

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chester, Illinois 1 October 1919

Other

Combat damaged

Diekirch, Luxembourg 19 September 1944 After strafing flak positions, hit several times by return fire. A 20mm shell penetrated his main tank, amazingly his P-47 Elsie II did not explode.

Died

Springfield, IL 16 November 2013

Buried

New Palestine Church Cemetery New Palestine, Randolph County, IL 19 November 2013 New Palestine Church Cemetery New Palestine, Randolph County, Illinois, USA

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must of>have left him

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Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht By Robert F. Dorr, Thomas D. Jones

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Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht By Robert F. Dorr, Thomas D. Jones

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