Harold L Morris
Military ROLL OF HONOURHarold Morris was Ball Turret gunner on B-17 #42-30816 on the 11 December 1943 mission to Emden, Germany. Wounded in the fighter attack, he was killed in the crash-landing of the Fortress near Warfhuizen, 25km NW of Groningen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands. Killed In Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35333547
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11046233
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31155161
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13053156 at enlistment, then O-673805
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31078295
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mary Ellen III
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
16 March 1919 | Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, the son of Jesse A. and Bessie M. Morris | |
Enlisted |
7 November 1941 | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
11 December 1943 | hit by a Flak shell on board, he was killed in the crash-landing of B-17 #42-30816 near Warfhuizen, 25km NW of Groningen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands. | |
Buried |
14 December 1943 | at the Warfhuizen cemetery | |
Coffeyville, Kansas | |||
Buried |
after the war, his remains were brought back to the United States. Harold Morris rests at the Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, Kansas |
Revisions
MACR 1664
NARA WWII enlistment records
US 1940 Census for Kansas
WWII Draft card
Dutch page at http://zuurdiek.nl/1943-vliegend-fort-mary-ellen-iii-neergestort/
NARA – Translations of German captured records, page 128 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238556
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database