John Tyson Hardin

Military
media-7514.octet-stream UPL 7514 Official caption: Lt. John T Hardin, pilot of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, looks out of his plane, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "The Bearded Beauty" at the 91st Bomb Group base at Bassingbourne [Bassingbourn], England 27 February 1943.

Object Number - UPL 7514 - Official caption: Lt. John T Hardin, pilot of the 322nd Bomb Squadron, looks out of his plane, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "The Bearded Beauty"...

John T Hardin was a pilot with the 91st Bomb Group.



His most memorable mission was the one when they went to bomb the U-Boat Pen at La Pallice, France. His plane "Mizpah" collided with "Fury" but both planes were able to land. Only two crew members were injured, from flak: top turret gunner lost one eye, navigator got a cut on one arm.



Completed 25 missions 22 June 1943. Promoted from Lieutenant to Captain on 19 June 1943 after his last mission.



Pilot for Eastern Air Lines from 1945 to 1979.



View an interview with John T Hardin by Georgia WWII Oral History Project here:

http://www.gpb.org/wwii/john-hardin



AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mizpah - The Bearded Lady aka The Bearded Beauty
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Macon, Mississippi 17 December 1919

Enlisted

Jackson, MS, USA 15 August 1941

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Returned to the USA

15 July 1943

Died

Marietta, GA, USA 8 July 2013

Based

Bassingbourn

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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