Harry L Cotter Jr

Military
media-41900.jpeg UPL 41900 B-17 42-30340 "Screaming Red Ass" & Crew, 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group
Standing L to R are:
2nd Lt. Harry L. Cotter
1st Lt. William K. Bowler
2nd Lt. Bruno A. Manno
Kneeling from L to R are:
T/Sgt. Denton E. Walthall
T/Sgt. Matthew Bejma
S/Sgt. Willis D. Condren
S/Sgt. Calvin Hoagland
S/Sgt. Roy T. Patterson
S/Sgt. Fred C. Kerr

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Object Number - UPL 41900 - B-17 42-30340 "Screaming Red Ass" & Crew, 563rd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group Standing L to R are: 2nd Lt. Harry L. Cotter 1st Lt. William K....

29 missions 1943 - 1944. Most memorable mission: 6 March 1944 -- 1st successful daylight raid on Berlin. I flew off left wing of Group. Leads Captain Brown and Major George flew off his right wing until Brown was shot down by fighter after bombs away en route back to England -- near Dummer Isle I believe. Losses were heavy.



AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dry Run, Screamin Red Ass
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37773) nicknamed "Full House" of the 388th Bomb Group. Image via Harry Miller. Handwritten caption on reverse: '20/12/43 Bremen (A/C lost 22/12/43).'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Springfield, Ohio 5 March 1921

Revisions

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ContributorTroy Burnett
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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 / self

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