Harold Alfred Kraft
MilitaryRear L-R: Lt Claude W Campbell, 1Lt Arthur W. Miller, 1Lt George McGregor Ririe Jr, 1Lt Winston Earl Boutelle
Front L-R: T/Sgt Howard E Hernan, T/Sgt Benton F Wilson, T/Sgt George D Quick, T/Sgt Harold A Kraft, T/Sgt Kurt W Bachert
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Claude Campbell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 41-24565 'The Rambling Wreck'; shot down 5-Nov-43, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1157.
Awards: POW, 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: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18057056 / O-724591
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dunn County, WI | 27 November 1910 | Son of Conrad Jane and Mildred A Flick Kraft. |
Enlisted |
Fort Sheridan, IL | 16 March 1942 | Fort Sheridan, Illinois |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 5 November 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Baled out |
Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 5 November 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 41-24565 'The Rambling Wreck'; shot down 5-Nov-43, POW MACR 1157 |
Died |
Green Bay, WI | 18 January 1969 | |
Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI | 21 January 1969 | Evergreen Cemetery Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin |
Based |
Molesworth | 5 November 1943 | Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives. Added a "Summary biography" copied from another of his crew.
MACR 1157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database