Clarence B Harmon

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

B-17 #42-39902 'The Big Noise'. Crash landed at base due to heavy battle damage on 12 May 1944. Missing in Action (MIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Big Noise
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 12 May 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Capitalized "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Updated Highest Rank and Added S/N per MACR 7900 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28630557?terms=39902,42
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
SOURCE: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…

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1999 Unit Roster, Combat Chronology, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4817 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database