William Decker Harris

Military

William Harris was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Carlisle Walker Limehouse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15325992 at enlistment, then O-709415
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John Howard Mann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817243
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Henry McNamara

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37021184
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Ralph Mickeal Tyne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36647108
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

9 May 1924 Maine, United States

Enlisted

5 March 1943 Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Born

Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Initially evaded but captured near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Interned at Stalag Luft, Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 25 May 1945.”  

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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MACR 6988
German report KU-2407 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147886912 (NARA)
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database