Harry Francis Cologne
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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S/Sgt Harry F Cologne, 384BG.
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Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Last seen on floor of radio room, wounded and without a parachute. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1334
Awards: 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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796910
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Damn Yankee
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jefferson County, OH, USA | 6 October 1915 | Son of Catherine W Cologne. |
Enlisted |
Columbus, OH, USA | 31 October 1942 | Columbus, Ohio |
Died |
20 miles SE Ostend, Belgium | 1 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17F #41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | 2 December 1943 | |
Toronto, Ohio, USA | |||
Buried |
Steubenville, Ohio, USA | Re-Interred Union Cemetery Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio | |
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 1 December 1943 | Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database