Harold Thorne
MilitaryShot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30665 'Hunyak'. Prisoner of War (POW). Discharged 26 October 1945.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19091460
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14134415
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14104775 at enlistment, then O-687639
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13068254 at enlistment, then O-808203
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
28 February 1922 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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Enlisted |
28 December 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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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." | |
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Died |
26 April 1977 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
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Buried |
Harold Thorne rests at the Greenmount Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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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