Paul I Harris
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on AC 44-40202. Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95007. Hit by flak, baled out. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9737
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804490
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Scarsace
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Greeley, NE | 22 July 1922 | Son of Charles Augustus and Ida Bertha [Bixenmann] Harris. |
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Enlisted |
Lincoln, NE | 12 January 1943 | |
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Died |
Unkelbach, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Hannover mission 11-Sep-44 in B-24 42-95007. Hit by flak, baled out. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9737 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Metfield | 11 September 1944 | Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Sacred Heart Cemetery Greeley, Greeley County, NE | Re-Interred Sacred Heart Cemetery Greeley, Greeley County, Nebraska |
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Sources
491st BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9737 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database