Arthur John Harszy

Military
media-47633.jpeg UPL 47633 SSGT Arthur John Harszy
Gunner
47th BG - 85th BS - 12th aF

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Object Number - UPL 47633 - SSGT Arthur John Harszy Gunner 47th BG - 85th BS - 12th aF

Harszy retired from the USAF in 1952 with the rank of Master Sergeant.

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Units served with

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.

47th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

85th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'

Grosetto

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Grosetto Main

Poretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bastia – Poretta Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St. Louis, MO 23 January 1924

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, MO 3 February 1942

Other

Graduated AAF Gunnery School

Harlingen, TX 1 January 1944

Died

Henderson, Nevada 17 November 2013

Other

Assigned to the 47th BG

Vesuvius Airfield, Italy

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1194244/person/2510041…
47th Bomb Group - Turner Publishing, page 79

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