Joseph Harding Scarano

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Henry Seaver Caballero

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32456949
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Lawrence Leroy Dube

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679057
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George William Frank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39134433 at enlistment, then O-729323
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Elwin Walter McMahon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11085076
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Donald McClure Reid

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16084794
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-3437

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excaliburs revenge
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

15 January 1942 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 15 September 1943

Born

Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Enlisted

Enlisted

Enlisted

Enlisted

Revisions

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NARA Air Medals

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NARA WWII Enlistment records

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Corrected character size in middle name

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MACR 726

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 726 / MACR 726; Snetterton Falcons, pg 31 and 59 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database