Harold Elwood Comstock
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CO 63rd FS 56th FG July 1944 - Jan. 1945
Flew 2 combat tours totalling 136 missions from April 1943 thru Jan. 1945.
6 kills air + 3 kills by strafing
CO 481st TFS and flew 132 combat missions over S. Vietnam.
Col. USAF retired
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Happy Warrior
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Happy Warrior / Oregon's Britannia
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fresno, CA, USA | 20 December 1920 | Son of Clinton E and Leona Millie [Daw] Comstock. |
Enlisted |
Fresno, CA, USA | 6 November 1941 | |
Other Promoted |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 12 March 1944 | Promoted from 1Lt to Captain |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) (1) |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | 19 April 1944 | Ended first tour of duty |
Other 2nd tour of duty |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 11 July 1944 | Commenced 2nd tour of duty |
Other Reassigned |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 22 July 1944 | Took command of 63rd Fighter Squadron. |
Other Promoted |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 17 September 1944 | Promoted from Captain to Major |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) (2) |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 10 January 1945 | Ended second tour of duty |
Died |
Clovis, CA, USA | 3 April 2009 | |
Buried |
Fresno Memorial Gardens, 175 S Cornelia Ave, Fresno, CA 93706, USA | 19 April 2009 | Fresno Memorial Gardens Fresno, Fresno County, CA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/312802087?terms=Harold%20E%20Comstock
https://www.fold3.com/record/93335629-harold-e-comstock
https://www.fold3.com/image/312802087?terms=Harold%20E%20Comstock
https://www.fold3.com/record/84925852-harold-e-comstock
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35899371/harold-elwood-comstock
Updated nickname and added to biography. From own and Ted Damick data files. Hometown was Fresno California but unable to add dates.
AccidentReports.com, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list