Hiram Campbell Skogmo
Military ROLL OF HONOURRemoved associations not depicted in image. Associations moved to person record.
Crew Number 2.
Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 42-31211 'Six Nights in Telergma'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
Missions
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 11 December 1943 | |
Born |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Revisions
Added nickname "Possible DUPLICATE" so an admin can check out this person.
This photo comes from the niece of Jack P. Fariss, who was the ball turret gunner on the Hiram C. Skogmo crew.
She gave me permission to post this photo on the internet.
I have been researching this crew for years - Skogmo was the pilot, NOT co-pilot.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1583 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Skogmo%2C+Hiram+C