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HARRIS, Thomas F - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown -
Place of birth
Michigan -
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16167433 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
322nd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Gnetsch, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 12 | 6 |
Immediate family
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Members
Harold J. Harris (father)
Marcella C. (Forster) Harris (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38083 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Man O’ War II – Horsepower Ltd
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plant
MACR: 10144
More information
Sgt Thomas F. Harris joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Amarillo, Texas on 14 January 1944.T/Sgt Maurice D. Sherk:
We were flying at approximately 27,500 feet altitude, about five minutes after bombs away when we were attacked by about 40 to 50 enemy fighters. Aircraft 42-38083 was hit in the trailing edge of the right wing and the eppenage. Fragments came off of the wing and the tail and as they came off the aircraft turner over on its side. There was fire in the right wing. At this point I lost sight of subject Aircraft. No parachutes were seen to come from this ship.
2nd Lt Roy R. Cook:
Germans said he was found dead in the plane.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem