Elbert F Harris
Military
Object Number - UPL 7232 - On August 12, 1944, pilot 1st Lt Ronald Max Nichols and navigator Lt Elbert F Harris (pictured) were on a weather scout report to Russia and Italy in...
On August 12, 1944, pilot Nichols and navigator Harris were on a weather scout report to Russia and Italy. Fell to friendly P-51 fire over Toulouse, France. Mosquito caught fire, he climbed out the hatch, hit by the stabilizer and fell spinning. Harris was initially listed Missing in Action (MIA). He returned to base 6 September 1944. Evaded
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065605 / O-678309
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Combat Chronology Supplements p. 540 and 192, Aerial Intelligence of the 8th AF, p. 174 personal accunt of the pilot p.175; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 8, 58-70 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
