Harry W Looy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 13045 - Memorial to air crash victims, All Saints Church Carleton Rode, Norfolk.
Serving at Pearl Harbor on 7-Dec-41 as a coastal artillery gunner and later joined the army air corp. Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM(OLC), PH, WWII Victory, AP, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13090798 / O-820824
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Old Glory
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Newburgh, New York | 5 September 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 31 March 1941 | |
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Died |
Carleton Rode, Norfolk UK | 21 November 1944 | Fatal mid air collision during formation assembly in B-24 44-10513 ’Old Glory’ crashed Carleton Rode 21-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
22 November 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery Association, New Windsor, NY | Re-Interred Woodlawn Cemetery Association New Windsor Orange County New York, USA | |
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Based |
Hethel | 21 November 1944 | Assigned to 565BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Orange County, NY |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / cousin: Gary C. Ferguson
