William Russell Harry

Military
Seven men, wearing dress Air Force uniform, posed in front of a building.  Four men standing to the rear and three men kneeling in front.  All the men have Purple Heart medals pinned to their jacket left lapel UPL 66131 UPL 66131 384th Bomb Group Purple Heart Recipients: Standing L-R: Judson L. Dacus, William Russell Harry, Ivan Luther Rice, Edmund S. Goulder. Kneeling L-R: Charles C. Carlin, Bruce T. Haley, Wilbert Y K Yee. William Harry (546th) and Ivan Rice (546th) were wounded on 30 July 1943 flying 42-5848 "Patches". They made it home, but the aircraft was shot up so badly it would be scrapped. Ed Goulder (547th) was wounded on 16 August 1943 on 42-5849 "Hell's Belles II". Carlin (546th) and Yee (546th) were wounded on the 17 August 1943 Schweinfurt mission on 42-30196 "Sad Sack" with the James Armstrong Crew. Dacus (547th) was wounded on 16 August 1943 on 42-5843 “Black Ghost" with the Pulcipher Crew. Haley (547th) was wounded on 12 August 1943 on 42-29768 "Winsome Winn II" with the Willing Crew.
The location where this photo was taken as in front of the Foxy Theatre at Grafton Underwood.
Grafton Underwood William Russell Harry Ivan Luther Rice Judson L Dacus Charles C Carlin Bruce Thomas Haley Wilbert Y K Yee Edmund Samuel Goulder On

Object Number - UPL 66131 - 384th Bomb Group Purple Heart Recipients: Standing L-R: Judson L. Dacus, William Russell Harry, Ivan Luther Rice, Edmund S. Goulder. Kneeling L-R:...

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29800 'Me and My Gal'. Prisoner of War (POW). Stayed in the Air Force after the war and served in Korea. He ended his military career as a Lt Colonel in the USAF.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14090837 and O-673460
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13057282 and O-738710
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12180110
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32140430
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12048890
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Me An' My Gal
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania, United States 29 May 1921

Enlisted

Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States 17 February 1941 as a Private in the Cavalry...

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 14 October 1943 Captured. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to military control 25 January 1946"...

Died

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States 13 April 1994
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States

Buried

Ft Sam Houston Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Revisions

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Removed a space(s) in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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MACR 840
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 840 / MACR 840, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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