Harold Olan Binkley

Military
media-24281.jpeg UPL 24281 Lt Harold O 'Hal' Binkley 79th FS P-51D 44-13855 MC-J "O'sage Chief" and ground crew.

Object Number - UPL 24281 - Lt Harold O 'Hal' Binkley 79th FS P-51D 44-13855 MC-J "O'sage Chief" and ground crew.

Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 4 x kills [1 Me109, 1 Me110, 2 FW190]. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: DFC, AM (11 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: OSage Chief
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: OSage Chief
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hominy, Oklahoma 26 April 1924

Enlisted

Tulsa, OK, USA 3 June 1942

Other

Crashed

Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK 27 April 1944 Mid Air Collision Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 1 damage 2Lt Harold O Binkley, 27-Apr-44. P-38J 42-67700 - 554FTS 496FTG 8AF.

Based

Kings Cliffe 13 May 1944 - 5 December 1944 Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK 10 August 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK 5 November 1944 Promoted to Captain.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 5 December 1944 Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Died

Bentonville, AR, USA 17 March 2009

Buried

Fayetteville, AR, USA Fayetteville National Cemetery Fayetteville Washington County Arkansas USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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