Harold A Bryant

Military

Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Leipheim, due to mechanical failure, B-24 41-28688 could not maintain formation or altitude. Baled out around Freiburg. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4362. Chute seen by crew to open, though german intel stated otherwise.

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28688

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texas, USA 24 November 1922

Died

89340 Leipheim, Germany 24 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Leipheim, due to mechanical failure, B-24 41-28688 could not maintain formation or altitude. Baled out around Freiburg. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4362.
Snyder, Texas, USA

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Wendling 24 April 1944 Assigned to 578BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

San Antonio, TX, USA Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA

Revisions

Date15 Aug 2016 17:18:18
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28688&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28637421
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bryant&GSfn=Harol…;

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:57
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4362 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database