Harry Whorton Self
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cognac, France in B-17 #42-31064 'Hey Lou' 31-Dec-43; damaged by flak and fighters, crashed into sea, St Catherine’s Point, off Isle of Wight, UK. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1872
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hey Lou
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Blossburg, AL | 12 March 1918 | Son of Robert E and Esto Self. |
Enlisted |
Birmingham, AL | 6 April 1942 | Birmingham, Alabama |
Died |
Off Isle of Wight | 31 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cognac, France in B-17 42-31064 'Hey Lou' 31-Dec-43; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1872 |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 31 December 1943 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
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Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography".
Added connections to the pilot, Donald H. Lawry, and the airbase, Deenethorpe.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1872,
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