Harry T Sample Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR15-Jul-42 Assigned as Co-Pilot of B-17F #42-2967 [PU-G] "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 16-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK aboard "Shak Hak".
Shot down 16 February 1943 in B-17F #42-2967 "Shak Hak" while serving as Co-Pilot. Aircraft was shot down by fighters upon return from St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the English Channel. Killed in Action (KIA).
Participated in 5 Operations (NO aborts) See Biography events.
NOTE: This entry COMBINES data from an entry from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Beats Me
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thumper
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shak Hak
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
- Date: 13 January 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 15 July 1942 | Assigned as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak" at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Co-Pilot aboard B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak.", 303BG/360BS. |
Other Mission #1 2LT Harry T. Sample, Jr., w/B-17F 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2 2LT Harry T. Sample, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24567, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3 2LT Harry T. Sample, Jr., w/B-17F 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4 2LT Harry T. Sample, Jr., w/B-17F 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
16 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into The English Channel. His remains have never been recovered. | |
Other Mission #5 2LT Harry T. Sample, Jr., w/B-17F 42-2967, 303BG/360BS - KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 16 February 1943 | Served as Co-Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea. He was Killed in Action. (KIA) |
Born |
Port Clinton, Ohio | ||
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 24-Feb-2016. Completed Participations statement in Summary Biography.
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 16-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/016.pdf
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 14-Feb-2016. Added initial assignment and arrival in UK info to Summary Biogrpahy; Mad connections to Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43) and Missions (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015. Added NOTE to Biography combined data from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015 . Added SN added KIA event per MACR 15116; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and minor edits to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15116