Harold A Ames Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Gross-Beeren on 6/21/44 in B-24 'The Magic Carpet' #42-95122, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Morrico, Michigan, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 June 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6529 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit history MACR 6G529 & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 195