Harry Francis Cologne

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-53994.jpeg UPL 53994 S/Sgt Harry F Cologne, 384BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 53994 - S/Sgt Harry F Cologne, 384BG.

Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 1 x mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17 41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Last seen on floor of radio room, wounded and without a parachute. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1334



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-796910
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Damn Yankee
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jefferson County, OH, USA 6 October 1915 Son of Catherine W Cologne.

Enlisted

Columbus, OH, USA 31 October 1942 Columbus, Ohio

Died

20 miles SE Ostend, Belgium 1 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen. Shot down 1-Dec-43 in B-17F #41-24557 'Damn Yankees'. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial 2 December 1943
Toronto, Ohio, USA

Buried

Steubenville, Ohio, USA Re-Interred Union Cemetery Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio

Based

Grafton Underwood 1 December 1943 Assigned to 545th 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1334 / MACR 1334, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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