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NORTHEY, Harry Langley "Sonny" - Date of
birth
26 January 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Walkerville, Silver Bow County, Montana -
Hometown
Darby, Ravalli County, Montana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19055257 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
527th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
11 June 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, north of Borkum, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Harry Northey (father)
Mary U. (Langley) Northey (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3099 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Willemshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1368
More information
Harry L. Northey joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Missoula, Montana on 8 October 1941.The aircraft was attacked by fighters over the target and on the return flight over the North Sea which set it on fire. It crashed north of Borkum Island. Only one crew member could bail out and was rescued by a German minesweeper. The other nine men drowned.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.379thbga.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Fam. Pisters via Golda Langley Weber (niece)