Harry Underwood Gilmer

Military

Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Achmer A/D in P-51 44-14748 21-Mar-45. Downed by flak strafing the aerodrome POW. MACR 13225





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14748

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Kansas City Kitty
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Birmingham, AL 13 February 1923 Son of Harry Wiley and Eva Elsie [Beach] Gilmer.

Enlisted

Auburn, AL 15 December 1942 Auburn, Alabama

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 6 October 1944 - 21 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Birmingham, AL 11 July 1999

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/53014914-harry-u-gilmer
https://www.fold3.com/image/29424007?terms=44-14748
https://www.fold3.com/image/158992353?rec=158992404
https://www.fold3.com/record/527762561-harry-gilmer-1923
https://www.fold3.com/image/604545553?terms=harry,816,gilmer
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTML-JRC/harry-underwood-gilmer-1…

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 13225 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database