Harry Lerner
MilitaryHarry Lerner was Navigator of B-17G #42-97483 on the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin. Damaged by fighters but continued to the target. Crew was later forced to bail out and a/c crashed near Wilmersdorf, a Berlin suburb, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Had also flown on "Wee Willie" (42-31333)
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395014.jpg?itok=rEOaAhF-)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395013.jpg?itok=t5iaI0Zg)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34408909
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-51023.jpeg?itok=mHucRcnv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748611
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-45015.jpeg?itok=YCjpP49H)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12041096 at enlistment, then O-805890
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37499269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15096348 at enlistment, then O-741266
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-45015.jpeg?itok=YCjpP49H)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-388041.jpg?itok=9vgQnM-G)
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
![Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/eh/eh-564.jpg?itok=RP5XHtbs)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 |
Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2902 / MACR 2902, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database