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Personal info

Full name
HARWOOD, Craig Jack "Jack"
Date of birth
17 May 1919
Age
23
Place of birth
Barryton, Mecosta County, Michigan
Hometown
Cornell, Livingston County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-442689
Rank
Captain
Function
Pilot
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 April 1943
Place of death
Reserve Lazaret III, Schwachhauser Heerstraße 54
Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 4 12

Immediate family

Members
Franklin Harwood (father)
Edith (Jepson) Harwood (mother)
Winston L. Harwood (brother)
Hilary J. Harwood (sister)
Jane I. Harwood (wife)
Craig D. Harwood (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-9625
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Focke Wulf aviation industry
MACR: 15517

More information

Capt Craig J. Harwood joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army enlisted on 15 August 1941.

The aircraft was shot down by flak over the target. Seven crew members were killed, three men were taken prisoner.

Capt Harwood was severly wounded and taken to Reserve Lazaret III where he died the same day. This lazaret was stationed in the St. Joseph's Stift Hospital in Bremen.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Tilly Essers via Alice Cote (niece), http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/36165