Harland Francis House
Military
UPL 68479
UPL 68479
384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 8 June 1944/Orleans, Fr (Bridge).
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Billy “Rook” Rooker (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Robert Monfort (N), Lt. George Elias (N), 1st Lt. Donald H. Brown (P), 1st Lt. Raymond Austin (B).
Front L-R: Lt. Col. Thomas Beckett (AC/CP), SSgt. Jack Smith (BT), SSgt. Robert “Berg” Berger (FG), unidentified 1, unidentified 2
To Be Identified: TSgt. Harland House (RO), TSgt. Kenneth Swift (TT).
547th Bomb Squadron
384th Bomb Group
400
42-38208
Grafton Underwood
Billy Roy Rooker
Robert H Monfort
George Elias
Donald H Brown
Raymond L Austin
Thomas P Beckett
Jack A Smith
Robert J Berger
Harland Francis House
Kenneth Gilbert Swift
On
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Billy “Rook” Rooker (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Robert Monfort (N), Lt. George Elias (N), 1st Lt. Donald H. Brown (P), 1st Lt. Raymond Austin (B).
Front L-R: Lt. Col. Thomas Beckett (AC/CP), SSgt. Jack Smith (BT), SSgt. Robert “Berg” Berger (FG), unidentified 1, unidentified 2
To Be Identified: TSgt. Harland House (RO), TSgt. Kenneth Swift (TT).
The Quentin Bland Collection. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35699/category/LeadCrews
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Phillip Bennett crew, 30 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, 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: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-803757
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hale's Angels
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks : Homesick Sal
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lilly Belle
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Foster, ND | 19 November 1921 | Son of Thomas Martin and Ruth M House. |
Enlisted |
Jamestown, ND | 20 October 1942 | |
Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 21 January 1944 | Promoted to Tech Sergeant. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
11 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Buried |
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR | 18 March 1972 | Mount Calvary Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. | ||
Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…