Joseph Isidore Harlick
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5669 - Joe Harlick and Don Caldwell of the 91st Bomb Group sit on the bonnet of a Jeep in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29837) nicknamed...
From May 1943 Harlick was attached to 324 Squadron responsible for the maintainance of strike cameras. He reported that they were often roused at 1 am. to be given photographs of that day's target to be copied and handed out at the briefing. Although their primary mission was to photograph bomb strikes, all base activities were documented, and someone was always on standby with a camera in the event of an accident.
8 missions over enemy-occupied Europe.
Awards: Good Conduct, American campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Butte, Montana | 28 April 1921 | Born Butte, Montana |
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Enlisted |
Butte, Montana | 23 July 1942 | Enlisted Butte, Montana |
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Other Discharged |
13 September 1945 | ||
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Died |
Olympia, Washington | 7 April 2009 | Died Olympia, Washington |
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Buried |
Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, Washington | 10 April 2009 | Interred Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, Washington |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/91149127/joseph-i-harlick-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/618448055/joseph-harlick-1921-veterans-aff…
https://www.fold3.com/record/716428787/harlick-joseph-i-us-veterans-gra…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40659331/joseph-i-harlick
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Joseph Harlick.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
