Harris Watson Redding

Military
media-36268.jpeg UPL 36268 SSGT Harris W. Redding
Tail Gunner
Crew #541 - Ernest A. Keyes Crew

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Object Number - UPL 36268 - SSGT Harris W. Redding Tail Gunner Crew #541 - Ernest A. Keyes Crew

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Rotterdam on 8/9/44 in B-24 Hot Box #4129374



POW

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

People

Ernest A Keyes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818882
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29374) nicknamed "Hot Box" of the 466th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24H-15-CF, 41-29374, 466 BG.'

41-29374

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hot Box
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bennettsville, South Carolina 18 January 1923

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28 January 1943

Other

POW

Tychowo, Poland 10 August 1944 Stalag Luft IV

Died

Tallahassee, Florida 3 February 1982

Buried

Tallahassee, Florida 6 February 1982 Memorial Gardens Cemetery Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Other

Crash Landed

Rozenburg, The Netherlands 9 August 1944

Born

Scotland County, North Carolina

Revisions

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Removed name from service number

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7380 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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