Ferris Sheldon Harris Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-53576.jpeg UPL 53576 1st Lt Ferris S Harris Jr, 4FG.

Object Number - UPL 53576 - 1st Lt Ferris S Harris Jr, 4FG.

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Strasbourg 28-Aug-44 in P-51 42-103796. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8301.



Awards: AM (7 OLC), PH, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Athens, AL, USA 10 July 1921 Son of Ferris Sheldon and Elizabeth [Doak] Harris.

Other

Assigned

17 April 1944 - 28 August 1944 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Strausberg, Germany 28 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Strausberg 28-Aug-44 in P-51B 42-103796. 1st Lt Harris KIA. MACR 8301.

Buried

Forest Park Cemetery Houston Harris County TX 18 December 1948 Memorialised Forest Park Cemetery Houston Harris County Texas, USA.
Houston, TX, USA

Other

Promotion

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Enlisted

San Antonio Texas Enlistment Date 4 Jun 1942

Revisions

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ContributorBombay
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Sources

own knowledge

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8301 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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