Kenneth Watkins Harland Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Hutchinson & Cortright
Object Number - UPL 51744 - 42-30041 Unknown Newspaper clipping
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 544th Bomb Squadron Unit History, effective 31 December 1942. Ditched in Atlantic on flight From Gander, Newfoundland, to England on 10 June 1943. Rescued by a Canadian minesweeper and returned to Presque Isle, Maine. Completed the deployment to England on an ATC C-54. Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 42-29670.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728348
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11055383
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728648
- Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Thundermug
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 554th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 14 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
25 July 1943 | Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR | |
|
Buried Or Memorial |
Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium: Plot A Row 17 Grave 14 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1583
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 145, 190-1 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…