Harold Otis Gilley

Military

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was guided to Brittany, from where, along with 15 other American airmen and a Belgian member of the RAF, he boarded a Royal Navy Motor Gun Boat on 26 February 1944. It was MGB-503, which left from Sous-Kéruzeau and arrived in Dartmouth, England on 27 February 1944. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 428.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802102
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000170
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13135631
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20272732 at enlistment, then O-748006
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685645
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Slo-Time Sally
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

24 April 1922

Other

Evaded

France 5 January 1944 - 27 February 1944
Harrisburg, Illinois

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 1892
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 428

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database