Harold James Kuhn

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media-30678.png UPL 30678 2nd Lt Harold J. Kuhn - 26 November 1943 (from an official USAAF photo)

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Object Number - UPL 30678 - 2nd Lt Harold J. Kuhn - 26 November 1943 (from an official USAAF photo)

Harold Kuhn enlisted in the Air Corps shortly after Pearl Harbour. Training as a heavy bomber pilot, he received his wings at Altus, Oklahoma on 26 June 1943. Assigned to the 303rd Bomb Group/360th Bomb Squadron, he was sent to England and as co-pilot on board B-17 #42-31441, he was killed in its crash after a mid-air collision with another Fortress (42-29747 of 379th BG) during assembly for the Kiel mission on 5 January 1944.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20273063
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14126466
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14043208 at enlistment, then O-802529
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38211532
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11008973 at enlistment, then O-809569
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States 9 January 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Died

Catworth, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom 5 January 1944 in the collision of B-17 42-31441 with a 379th BG Fortress (42-29747)

Born

Hanston, Kansas, United States the son of Emil and Mary Emma Kuhn
Marena Township, Hodgeman County, Kansas, United States

Buried

Harold Kuhn rests at Plot F, Row 2, Grave 7

Revisions

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Sources

Well established records of the collision of the BURKITT & KILLION aircraft

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Well established records on the collision of the BURKITT & KILLION aircraft on the morning of 5 Jan 43

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Made connection with photo

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US Censuses 1930 and 1940
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
ABMC Website
Contacts with Gail Coleman, niece of Harold Kuhn

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8th AF losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Harold James Kuhn: Gallery (3 items)