Homer Y Harris

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-27913.jpeg UPL 27913 1LT Homer Y. Harris
Pilot - Crew #442
466th BG - 784th BS
KIA - 1 September 1944

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Object Number - UPL 27913 - 1LT Homer Y. Harris Pilot - Crew #442 466th BG - 784th BS KIA - 1 September 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) while assembling over base after his aircraft encountered severe prop wash and crashed.

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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

Willis S Benagh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14161884
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Clay Byers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673769
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Radar (H2X) Navigator

Donald Call

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35537880
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

John J French

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686143
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Bernard Hochheiser

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32014067
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Aircraft

42-51134

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th 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

Illinois, USA 13 July 1915

Died

Horsham Saint Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 1 September 1944 His a/c crashed after encountering prop-wash at an altitude of approximately 300 feet and in a 40 degree bank which caused the a/c to stall and crash. All 12 men on board were KIA
Middletown, IL, USA

Buried

Fairfield, IL 62837, USA Maple Hill Cemetery Fairfield Wayne County Illinois, USA Plot: In Veterans Section

Revisions

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Sources

"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassom
page 125

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466th BG HIstorian

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466th BG Historian

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Accident report 035 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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