Harold Quick
Military
Object Number - UPL 55971 - Harold Quick
Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by 20mm shells from Me109's on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3079
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32003112 / O-748141
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oxford, Mississippi, USA | 22 April 1921 | Son of William S and Mattie Pearl [Hickman] Quick. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Shelby, MS | 25 August 1942 | Camp Shelby, Mississippi |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
West of Magdeburg, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, B-17 42-30340 'Screamin Red Ass' crashed West of Magdeburg, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3079 |
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Died |
Dallas, TX | 2 July 1960 | |
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Buried |
Oakland Cemetery Oakland, Yalobusha County, MS | 5 July 1960 | Oakland Cemetery Oakland, Yalobusha County, Mississippi |
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Based |
Knettishall | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 563BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3079 / MACR 3079, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
