James E Harris
MilitaryShot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #4230175. Prisoner of War (POW). Earlier, 28 July 1943 B-17 42-3076 suffered severe flak damage on Kassel mission. Lieutenant Thomas and crew crash landed at RAF Station Hawkings, Kent. A/C burnt. Crew safe. 10/8/43 crash landed in B17#42-37759 on return from mission to Poland. 10RTD
POW
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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
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 822, Losses of the 8th & 9th AF Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 203, 320, 333 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 822 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database