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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Jack D
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O-532892
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
330th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1944
Place of death
Berlin-Spandau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Mode C. Harris (father)
Thelma I. Harris (mother)
Esther Harris (sister)
Dorothy (Spence) Harris (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-109832
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: De-Icer
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of an engine factory
MACR: 2957

More information

1st Lt Jack D. Harris graduated from Phoenix Union High School in 1940 and was a messenger.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Los Angeles, California on 9 December 1941.

The airplane was shot down by flak over the target.

Seven crew members were killed, three men survived and were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Phoenix Union High School 1940