Harold Eugene Kirby

Military

Kirby apprently completed two tours with the 91st at Bassingbourn and was sometime pilot of 'General Ike'.



30 December 1943 on takeoff for mission to chemical works at Ludwigshaven when #3 engine caught fire 2/3 of the way down the runway then #1 engine caught fire. Pilot Ammann crash-landed at Steeple Morten a/f. 10 RTD



He stayed in the service and flew high altitude U2 missions over Russia, being in the same squadron as Gary Powers. He was later president of the Southern Manufacturing Co. in Atlanta, GA and was reported deceased in May 1995

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-39863) of the 91st Bomb Groupn that has crash landed.

42-39863

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Harold Kirby.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. I, p. 449