Harold Ralph Burt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38629.jpeg UPL 38629 Lt. Harold R. Burt enlisted in Seattle, WA on 8 October 1942. Assigned to the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, on 11 July 1944, he flew 14 combat missions. On his 15th, on 17 September 1944, suffering coolant trouble, Lt. Burt bailed out from 6,000 feet, NW of Antwerp, apparently into German hands.

Single and studying forestry, Lt. Burt earned two aerial victories. Aircraft included P-51C IV-K 42-103785.

A POW in Stalag 1 (N-1), Lt. Burt was repatriated back to the USA, returning to Bremerton, WA in June 1945. He then served with the 5th Air Force in Occupied Japan, in the 68th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group. He was killed 11 February 1947 in a P-51 crash while on a ferrying mission in Japan. 359th Fighter Group collection

Photo courtesy Paul D. Bruns.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian.

Object Number - UPL 38629 - Lt. Harold R. Burt enlisted in Seattle, WA on 8 October 1942. Assigned to the 369th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, on 11 July 1944, he flew...

Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Antwerp. Coolant relief valve popped, engine overheated. Baled out near St Anne from P-51C 42-103785 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9007.



Awards: AM(3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Killed in fatal crash Chofu, Tokyo, Japan 11-Feb-47.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-103785

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 369th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bremerton, Washington 12 June 1923

Enlisted

Seattle, WA, USA 8 October 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 17 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag luft I.

Other

Baled out

7870 Saint-Anne, Belgium 17 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) area support mission to Antwerp. Coolant relief valve popped, engine overheated. Baled out near St Anne from P-51C 42-103785 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9007.

Died

8 miles N/NW Chofu, Tokyo, Japan 11 February 1947 Fatal Crash 8 miles N/NW Chefu, JPN Cat 4 damage Lt Harold R Burt, 11-Feb-47. P-51D 44-73602 - 68FS 8FG 5AF

Buried

Greenwood Memorial Terrace, 211 N. Government Way, Spokane, WA 99224, United States Greenwood cemetery Spokane, WA
Bremerton, WA, USA

Based

East Wretham 17 September 1944 Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Based

Fukuoka Airport (FUK), 778-1 Shimousui, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture 812-0003, Japan 11 February 1947 Assigned to 68FS, 8FG, 5AF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9007 / MACR 9007, Unit History / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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