Elwood Rudolph Harris

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34329.jpeg UPL 34329 Elwood Rudolph Harris, Don Madar Collection Don Madar Collection

Associated person record.

Object Number - UPL 34329 - Elwood Rudolph Harris, Don Madar Collection

Tail Gunner, Withers crew. 381st BG. 533rd BS, 8th AF. KIS, 23 June 1943 when bombs loaded into B-17 #42-30024 "Caroline" exploded. 23 members of the 533rd BS were killed. Buried in the Brookwood Cemetery. Re-interred in the Netherlands AMC.

Richmond, VA

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11095163
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15320732
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37249675
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33281444
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13065542
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Caroline
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Petersburg, VA 14 October 1919

Enlisted

Richmond, VA, USA 2 October 1941 - 23 June 1943

Other

KIS

Ridgewell, England - Station 160 22 March 1943 Caroline explosion

Buried

Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial 26 June 1943

Based

Ridgewell 22 June 1943

Buried

Plot J Row 18 Grave 5

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All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA - Enlistment records
ABMC.gov
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James good Brown
Triumphant we Fly - Ken Stone
Photo from the Don Madar Collection

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added cemetery to a Buried event.

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 160, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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