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URMAN, Harry - Date of
birth
9 March 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York -
Hometown
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-735347 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Maurice C. Urman (father)
Rachel (Shrybman) Urman (mother)
Gordon Urman (brother)
Elisabeth U. (Skomer) Urman (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30776 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lady Marylin
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boats yards
MACR: 1158
More information
Lt Urman, a graduate of Phoenix Union High School and was employed at Williams Field as a clerk typist when he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 24 March 1942The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-3533. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total, were killed.
He received personal commendations from Prime Minister Winston Churchill and high ranking British and American air officers for his successful bombing missions to Emden, Frankfurt and Goesfeld, Germany. A few weeks before his death he wrote home from England to his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Skomer, telling her that he had seven combat missions to complete (out of 25) before he would get a well-deserved leave in the states.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Clark Family Tree,www.fold3.com - 1940 Census, WWII Enlistment Records, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Kim Urman, www.ancestry.com, Peter Schouteten