Herbert Wayne Harms

Military
Herbert W Harms Herbert W Harms UPL 60018 S/Sgt Herbert W Harms

Object Number - UPL 60018 - S/Sgt Herbert W Harms

Herbert Harms had spent some years in Alaska mining for gold after college. Aged 25 he enlisted in the Air Force in April 1942 and shipped to England in April 1944 with a replacement crew. Shot down by flak and crashed near Zeitz in B-17 Dottie II #4229962 on his 28th mission. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Herbert was finally laid to rest in November 2018

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rum Boogie II, Dottie III, Green Banana
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vallejo, California, USA 4 October 1915 Born LaSalle County, Illinois

Died

16 August 1944 Cauerwitz, Germany

Buried

Germany 7 November 2018 Interred Rutland Cemetery Marshall County, Illinois

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Date
ContributorHelen
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Sources

390th BG journal September 1989

Date
ContributorHelen
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390thBg journal March 1988

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8455 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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