Harold David Burkhard
Military
Object Number - UPL 29488 - 2Lt Harold D Burkhard. 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. FTR (FTR) ? crashed at Vieille-Eglise on 17-Aug-44 in P-51D 44-13700 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8122.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Killed in fatal crash Grossbirkach, Germany in P-51 44-63178 24-Jul-47.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Burbank, CA, USA | 1 July 1921 | |
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Other Crashed |
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, 6033 S Sossaman Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA | 30 September 1943 | Landing Accident Williams Field, Gilbert, AZ Cat 4 damage 2Lt Harold D Burkhard, 30-Sep-43. RP-322 61-151 - 535TEFTS |
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Other Crashed |
Bob Hope Airport (BUR), 2627 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505, USA | 26 December 1943 | Landing Accident Ground Collision Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, CA Cat 3 damage 2Lt Harold D Burkhard, 26-Dec-43. AT-6A 41-576 - 337FS 329FG |
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Other E/A Shared |
Germany | 24 May 1944 | E/A Shared 24-May-44. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Shot down / baled out |
Vieille-Église, France | 17 August 1944 | |
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Other Crashed |
Shafter-Minter Field-Mit, 201 Aviation St, Shafter, CA 93263, USA | 30 August 1945 | Landing Accident Minter Fld II CA BL damage 1Lt Harold D Burkhard, 30-Aug-45. AT-6D 44-84380 3008AAFBU |
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Other Crashed |
Fürth, Germany | 30 November 1946 | LACNU Industriehafen AF Furth Cat 3 Burkhard, Harold D GER P-51D 44-63682 - 42ARS 42ADG AFE |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Großbirkach, 96157 Ebrach, Germany | 24 July 1947 | Killed in fatal crash Grossbirkach, Germany in P-51 44-63178 24-Jul-47. |
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Other Promotion |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Based |
Honington | 17 August 1944 | Assigned to 385FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
1300 Sneath Ln, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA | Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno San Mateo County California, USA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28696085
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=44-63178&Submit4=Go
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Burkhard%2C+Haro…
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=362809
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_364.php
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73905660
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8122 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
