Edward L Harris | American Air Museum

Edward L Harris

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G 42-31486. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 612th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

612th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31486

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in action

29 January 1944

Born

Knoxville, Tennessee

Buried

Revisions

Date1 Jun 2017 10:09:21

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date27 Sep 2014 18:08:32

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2272, 8th AF Losses, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1332