Harry Siders
Military ROLL OF HONOURHarry Siders was the Tail Gunner on B-17 Fort Worth Gal #44-6095 on the 10 September 1944 mission. Killed in Action (KIA). Seen preparing to bail out of the Fortress before it exploded and crashed at Neibsheim, near Bruchsal, Germany.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18042995
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19100799 at enlistment, then O-768911
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19033259 at enlistment, then O-707498
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbus, Ohio | 23 March 1925 | the son of Harry E. Siders. He had a twin sister named Ethel Siders who later married and became Ethel Carillet, my grandmother. |
Enlisted |
10 August 1943 | Columbus, Ohio | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
10 September 1944 | Not clear how he was killed. The plane, Fort Worth Gal, was hit by AA and the entire crew bailed out. 8 crew members were captured by the Germans and as per MACR 8906, his body was found in Neibsheim, near Bruchsal (German KU 2882 report). Fellow crew members state that an old woman came to them with Sgt. Sider's parachute and helmet, which were both covered with blood. | |
Columbus, Ohio | |||
Buried |
In Germany, in a cemetery in the Neibsheim/Bruchsal area | ||
Buried |
Harry Siders' remains were brought back to the US and he rests at the Union Cemetery in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio |
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Changes
Sources
MACR 8906
HEADSTONE Application signed in January 1949 by his father Harry E. Siders
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8906