Donald Bernard Harrison
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: Lt's Noel E. Shoup, Walter E. Ulbricht, Byron F. Clark, James Litherland.
Front L-R: Sgt's Harry Conray Ross, William L. Hostetter Jr, Donald Bernard Harrison, Nick Asvestos, Ben W. Bragg, Robert T. Gribble.
Object Number - UPL 40256 - "Lt. Shoup and crew of the 360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Miss Manooki'. England, 20 November...
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863
Awards: AM, 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: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075216 / O-672887
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Canton, Ohio | 12 May 1924 | Son of James E and Lavina Angela [Beidenbach] Harrison. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH | 24 November 1942 | Fort Hayes Columbus |
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Died |
SW of Abbeville, France | 28 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bois-Coquered in B-17F 42-5306; Shot down by flak and crashed SW of Abbeville 28-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2863 |
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Buried |
WWI cemetery, Abbeville, France | 3 March 1944 | Interred Abbeville WWI cemetery |
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Buried |
Saint Pauls Cemetery, North Canton, OH | Re-Interred Saint Pauls Cemetery North Canton, Stark County, OH Section B, Row 2, Site 45 | |
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Based |
Molesworth | 28 February 1944 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2863, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
