Harold Kenneth Coutts
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 52782 - 2nd Lt Harold K Coutts, 401BG.
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Viehman Gene crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rosenheim in B-17 43-38646 18-Apr-45; crashed near Krallsheim Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 14175
He was held in a political prison in 'Neu Ulm' until the 44th US Infantry released it. Then the infantry removed the men to their temp. base for transport out. In the field Harold spotted some transport planes. He saw that the markings were the same unit that his brother was a pilot on. He went over and asked if Lt. Coutts was there and he was. About this time his brother came out of one of the planes. His brother had not been aware that Harold had been taken prisoner.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 438th Troop Carrier Group 88th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-513011
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14120723 / O-926796
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chute The Works
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Gee Eyewanna Go Home
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gaposis, Becomin’ Back
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Albion, WI | 22 March 1923 | Son of George Elliott and Anna Katherine [Gumble] Coutts. |
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Enlisted |
Wilkes Barre, PA | 24 February 1943 | Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 18 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) |
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Died |
San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 31 August 2015 | |
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Based |
Deenethorpe | 18 April 1945 | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Pine Grove Cemetery Paupack, Pike County, PA | Pine Grove Cemetery Paupack, Pike County, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14175 / MACR 14175, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2789 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
