Harold Francis Cyr
Military
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UPL 23418
Ronald R. Rohner Crew
401st Bomb Group
Standing L to R: Ray Surowski (B),, John Morreale (R/O),, Homer Arbogast, Cliff Barker (LWG). Kenneth Dickerson (BTG), Lowel Reif.(RWG)
Kneeling L to R: Stanley Johnson (N), Emil Smetana (B), Ronald Rohner (P), Frank Leonard (CP).
401st Bomb Group
Standing L to R: Ray Surowski (B),, John Morreale (R/O),, Homer Arbogast, Cliff Barker (LWG). Kenneth Dickerson (BTG), Lowel Reif.(RWG)
Kneeling L to R: Stanley Johnson (N), Emil Smetana (B), Ronald Rohner (P), Frank Leonard (CP).
Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down during bombing mission over Brunswick, Germany 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-37856 'Fancy Nancy III'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2876
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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803692
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ol Massa
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sac Hound
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fools Luck III
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fancy Nancy III
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin | 29 October 1916 | Son of Nathanie Eugene and Isabel L [Valley] Cyr. |
Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 10 September 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Brunswick, Germany | 30 January 1944 | |
Died |
Chippewa County, WI, USA | 28 September 1978 | |
Buried |
Hope Cemetery Chippewa Falls Chippewa County WI | 1 October 1978 | Hope Cemetery Chippewa Falls Chippewa County Wisconsin, USA Plot: New Section |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. | |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 30 January 1944 | Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2276, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
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