Harold J Grace
MilitaryAfter receiving flak hits on the return from a mission to Berlin on 22 Mar 1944, the crew baled out of B-17G #42-107038 before it crashed in Amsterdam, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808038
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Hollland | 22 March 1944 | |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
ContributorMaureen Grace
Changes
Sources
Anne Frank witnessed the plane being shot down. She wrote about it in her diary on March 23, 1944.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3338 / MACR 3338, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database