Harris E Griffiths

Military

Pearl Harbor Veteran, Hickam Fld. Wounded by flak on a mission to Liepzig on 20 Jul 1944. B-17G #43-37790 'Lady Luck'.



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37790

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Luck
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Beckley, West Virginia 4 August 1916

Died

30 September 1992

Buried

Punchbowl Crater National Cemetery, Hawaii

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, Ellis Griffiths 603-542-8587