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S/Sgt Erwin Jack Harrison, 384BG
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Chas Shuff crew. 22 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM (2OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator, Commanding Officer | 384th Bomb Group
Bob Birney was assigned to the 547th Bomb Squadron on 5 February 1945 and completed 26 missions between 19 February 1945 and 20 April 1945.
Military | Sergeant | Waist gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Chas Shuff crew. 19 x combat missions. Severely wounded by flak on 22-Mar-45 returning from a mission to Westerholt, Germany in B-17 43-38630. Despite the pilot electing to land in Belgium to get assistance for...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot, Commanding Officer | 384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER.
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Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
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| Born | New Haven, Connecticut | 24 September 1925 |
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Son of Ida and Max Harrison. |
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| Enlisted | New Haven, CT | 22 July 1943 |
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New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Based | Grafton Underwood | February 1945 – April 1945 |
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Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Pinellas County, FL | 17 April 2016 |
| Buried | Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, FL | 21 April 2016 |
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Bay Pines National Cemetery |
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