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The Harold Eye crew of the 339th Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, assigned to B-17G 42-102482; shot down enroute to Berlin/Brunswick on 08 May 1944
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin in B-17 42-102482. Shot down, crashed west of Wolfenbuettal, Germany. 8-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4575
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102482, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin in B-17 42-102482. Shot down, crashed west of Wolfenbuettal, Germany. 8-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4575
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Berlin in B-17 42-102482. Shot down, crashed west of Wolfenbuettal, Germany. 8-May-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4575
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Jack McIlraith served as a waist gunner with the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group. Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Prisoner of War (POW) at Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12. Flew on Harold Eye crew.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102482, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42102482. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102482, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ-A] Snetterton 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 8/5/44 with Harry Eye, Co-pilot: Leland Baker, Ball turret gunner: Bill Latta[died of wounds in hospital] (3 Killed in...
Military site : airfield
Intended to be an RAF bomber base, construction of Snetterton Heath started in Autumn 1942 but continued until mid-1943, because it was extended after allocation as an Eighth Air Force bomber base. It had eventually three concrete runways, 50...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New York State | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 8 May 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 June 2020 22:22:05 | mmc14 | Changes to person associations and unit associations |
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added connections to fellow crew members |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 October 2015 14:44:46 | Lucy May | Changes to events and place associations |
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Combined two entries into a single entry for Joseph McElroy. This entry now includes information from the following sources: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:16:59 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4575; Snetterton Falcons, pg 134 & 146 |
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