Jack Reynolds Harris
MilitaryAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Radio Operator B-17 42-30634 'Liberty Belle' - After leaving formation due to an engine fire on secondary missions to bomb airfields near Hanover, Germany on 21-Feb-44, A/C was attacked by nine Fw190's. Four crewman jumped before the A/C exploded and crashed in the North Sea off Egmond, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804371
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sullivan County, TN | 16 May 1923 | Son of C R Harris. |
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Enlisted |
Richmond, VA | 24 November 1942 | Richmond, Virginia |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 21 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Egmond, Netherlands | 21 February 1944 | A/C was attacked by nine Fw190's. Four crewman jumped before the A/C exploded and crashed in the North Sea off Egmond, Holland. POW. |
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Died |
Bristol, TN | 15 August 1996 | |
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Based |
Horham | 21 February 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Corrected POW location according to U.S. National Archives and Records Administration records
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2423 / MACR 2423, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database