James Elmer Harlow

Military

Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 41-24497 'Mizpah II. ' Returned to base.



Harlow stayed on in the Air Force, served in Korea and Vietnam and retired with the rank of Lt/Colonel. He was a member of the Missile, Space and Range Pioneers at Patrick AFB.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18168828
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mizpah II/ Frisco Jinny
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Revisions

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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of James Harlow.

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ContributorClive Stevens
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Audio documented WWII history of James E Harlow as recorded and sent to me in the summer of 1992.
Files from the 'Bexhill on Sea Observer' newspaper archive as the story of the B17 ditching featured on the front page of the newspaper in September 1943.
Local eye-witness interviews that I conducted in 1995 with British civilians who watched the aircraft crash.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 267-8 S