William Gilbert Harris

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Was on a carpetbagger mission, flak hit the plane in the navigator's dept,also severing the rudder controls. The crew were not wearing parachutes and Lts. Nicoll and Davis and Sergeant Brewer had no time to put them on and went down in the B24 whichcrashed at Bernieres-le-Patry, 6 miles SE of Vire about 30 miles SW of Caen, Normand FranceKilled in Action (KIA)

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A B-24D Liberator 'Carpetbagger' - extensively modified for specialised operations - taxiis on the perimeter track at Harrington airfield. Printed caption on reverse: 'A Carpetbagger B-24D taxiing on the perimeter at Harrington. Photo - "Red" Monaghan.'

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

801st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

McNairy County, TN, USA 13 February 1916

Died

France 5 April 1944

Buried

Memphis, TN, USA He is buried at Memphis National Cemetery, plot H 4094B in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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United States Veterans Gravesites, 1775-2006
Interred at Memphis National Cemetery
Memphis, Tennessee
USA

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Combat Sup (p538)/losses of the 8th & 9th, http://www.801492.org/MainMenu.htm / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia