Harry Siders
Military
466th BG - 785th BS
Standing Left to Right: Lauren Sanborn (B), Gordon Cuneo (N), Arden Mills (CP), Harry Taylor (P)
Sitting Left to Right: Vernal Dupas (BTG), Harry Siders (NG), Byron Wertz (FE/WG), Al Wilson (TTG), Jerome Kryewinski (TG), William Eastman (R/O)
The dog was named "Turbo" 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 19037 - Crew #552 - Harry Taylor Crew 466th BG - 785th BS Standing Left to Right: Lauren Sanborn (B), Gordon Cuneo (N), Arden Mills (CP), Harry Taylor...
Harry Siders was a Waist Gunner in the 466th Bomb Group/785th Bomb Squadron. He was on board the battle-damaged B-24H #42-95248 "The Falcon" which was forced to crash land at Shipdham on return from the 8 January 1945 mission to bomb communications centers in Germany.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11128194 at enlistment, then O-xxxxxx ?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15327540 / O-700574
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33671957
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Corrected data : Harry Siders ASN 352278 was in fact the HS who was from Franklin County, Ohio; enlisted on 10 August 1943 in Columbus, OH and was KIA in the loss of B-17 "Fort Worth Gal" - Serial 44-6095 (381st BG/533rd BS), FTR on 10 September 1944 - MACR 8906. See this website's page at https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/88487
NOTE : Deleted the data on this page under
Born : Gallia County, OH, USA 22 7 1925
Enlisted : Lancaster, OH 43130, USA "1 12 2012" (???) and "Earl served and retired from the Pleasantville Fire Dept. He was a WW II Army Air Corp Veteran. " Those mentions are about another Harry Siders, which I couldn't identify...
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 350