Harry Carey Ferris Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 7BS, 34BS, 8AF USAAF. B-24 42-94849 'Maid of Fury' ditched in the English Channel with fuel lines severed and 3 engines out. Pilot and co-pilot were unable to bale out due to altitude and were ejcted from the aircraft upon ditching. Lt Ferris drowned, his body not being recovered by the RN destroyer that rescued the survivors. MACR 7372. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16089110 / O-742071
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maid of Fury
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
17 May 1921 | BornPhoenix, Arizona | |
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Enlisted |
6 May 1942 | EnlistedLubbock, Texas | |
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Training |
Ellington Field, Texas | 6 June 1942 - 15 July 1943 | Awarded wings and commission in July of 1943 at Ellington Field, Texas. |
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Training |
16 July 1943 - 28 February 1944 | B-24 trainingLiberal, Kansas | |
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Other ETO |
1 March 1944 | Departed for ETO | |
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Died Killed in action |
25 June 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)English Channel | |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingCambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84791111/harry-c-ferris-jr-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138802310?objectPage=120
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289642/harry-carey-ferris
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92892363/harry-carey-ferris
American Battle Monuments Commission
https://www.abmc.gov/node/539853#.VmgM2b9c8Z4
Combat Chronology Supplement, The Red-Tailed Devils from Mendelsham by Sturdivan pp.56-7 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia