Harold Clifford Flanigan

Military

Assigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Chemnitz in B-17 43-39079 14-Feb-45; downed by flak near Wiesbaden. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12350

Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

569th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Leonard J Gaik

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-768507
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-39079

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the

Framlingham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Parham

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Waterman, Illinois, USA	6 April 1921	Son of Willie J and Clara Ada [Greer] Flanigan.
Enlisted	Camp Grant, IL	22 September 1942	Camp Grant, Illinois
Other Baled out POW	Wiesbaden, Germany	14 February 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) Chemnitz in B-17 43-39079 14-Feb-45; downed by flak near Wiesbaden. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12350
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	14 February 1945	Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Died	Kirkland, IL	26 April 2004
Buried	Maple Cemetery Kirkland, DeKalb County, IL	29 April 2004	Maple Cemetery Kirkland, DeKalb County, Illinois
Based	Framlingham	14 February 1945	Assigned to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date24 Apr 2022 12:27:06

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28685886
https://www.fold3.com/image/653429055
https://www.fold3.com/record/39614850/harold-c-flanigan-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84402443/harold-c-flanigan-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/721370190/flanigan-harold-c-us-veterans-gr…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36842693/harold-clifford-flanigan

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:00

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database