Harold Wilson Whiteman
Military
Object Number - UPL 35373 - Harold W. Whiteman (photo Whiteman family > http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=450900 )
Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 #42-29625. Plane name was 'Fighting Pappy'. According to Strong he and gunner Ericsen were in a German hospital together with injuries. Spent 2 years in Stalag Luft III. Later became a doctor and was president of the Georgia Heart Association, the year before he died. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13052094
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885367
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 1105702
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36334879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37083458
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 17 May 1943
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Atlanta, Georgia | 21 April 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
13 March 1942 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
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Other bailed out |
17 April 1943 | of B-17 42-29625, over Bremen, Germany | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 April 1943 | Cared for in a German hospital before being sent to Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany where he was liberated by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 27 June 1945." | |
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Died |
15 November 1974 | Atlanta, Georgia |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15517, son Philip, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 107, First Over Germany by Russell Strong pp. 90-91
