Harold Pierce
Military | Captain | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
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Harold F. Pierce Crew Crew #456 Standing Left to Right: Unknown Richard Casey Owens (WG) Raymond Juskiewicz (R/O) Harold Pierce (P) Jacob Mays (N) Thomas McKiernan (CP) Kneeling Left to Right: Thomas Horn (WG) Verdun Price (TG) Rafael Anthony (NG) Joseph Jewett (E) This crew flew 8 missions with the 466th after previously flying with the 458th BG and the 93rd BG
Service
Units served with
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458th Bomb Group
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged... -
466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
754th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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784th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy... -
Horsham St Faith
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 26 August 1923 |
| Died | Chestertown, MD 21620, USA | 4 January 2003 |
| Buried | Hurlock, MD 21643, USA | 7 January 2003 |
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Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 June 2016 02:41:01 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:56 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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458bg.com including crew picture in Pierce crew in 754th BS / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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