Harold E Amon

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action. Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 'Lorelie' 41-29300.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lorelei
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

Germany 11 July 1944

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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ContributorLucyd
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Sources

Combined two entries into a single entry. Record includes information from the following sources:
MACR 6927 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
http://www.fold3.com/image/28666833/
https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6927 & Page 272 of the book LIBERAORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010