Harold Thorne

Military

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30665 'Hunyak'. Prisoner of War (POW). Discharged 26 October 1945.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

James Merrit Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18067993 at enlistment, then O-726116
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Donald Charles Cole

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19038435 at enlistment, then O-421049
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert Finney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6394292
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Richard Joseph Gatesman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13012941
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph Gross

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13153161
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

42-30665

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hunyak
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 February 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

28 December 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

5 January 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland (force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany.) Liberated by US troops. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 17 July 1945."

Died

26 April 1977 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Buried

Harold Thorne rests at the Greenmount Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 2014
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2014 / MACR 2014; Snetterton Falcons pg 97 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database