Kenneth Frank Harrison

Military
media-39249.jpeg UPL 39249 "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Big Barn Smell" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 23 June 1944."

Rear L - R: Frank Janish, Mechanic; Robert Pressler, BT; Wayne Anthony, RO; Unknown; Robert Worbois, TT; Thomas Duffy, Waist G; Bruce Drynab , Mechanic

Front L - R: Francis Drake, Co-Pilot; Carl Szell, Armorer; Ralph Ross, Pilot; Rinaldo Procario, Bombardier; Ernest Black, Navigator; Kenneth Harrison, Crew Chief

Seated - John Wilson, Armorer

Object Number - UPL 39249 - "A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses in front of a Boeing B-17 "Big Barn Smell" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 23 June 1944." Rear L - R:...

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: LOM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big barn smell
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago Heights, IL 23 August 1916 Son of John Clarence and Gisela [Sauter] Harrison.

Enlisted

Camp Grant, IL 23 February 1942 Camp Grant Illinois

Died

Henderson, NC 30 August 2008

Buried

Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI 14 November 2008 Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Dane County, WI
Commercial Street, Danville, IL

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Information from FRE 4794 caption

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 217 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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