Name | Harris, George Warren, Jr |
Rank | Captain / Major |
Serial Number | O-399610 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Commanding Officer |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 27 May 1944 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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2⇗ | 25 June 1943 |
Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Commander | 42‑3231⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑30037. Did not take off. Sortie Report⇗ |
3⇗ | 26 June 1943 |
Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑30030⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
-- | 9 July 1943 |
None Non-combat sortie |
Pilot | 42‑30032⇗ |
Flt Ldr
1943‑07-09 Sortie Report⇗ |
7⇗ | 10 July 1943 |
Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France |
Commander | 42‑30032⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
13⇗ | 30 July 1943 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany |
Commander | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
20⇗ | 3 September 1943 |
Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France |
Pilot | 42‑30033⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flight leader Sortie Report⇗ |
25⇗ | 23 September 1943 |
Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France |
Co-pilot | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group Lead. Landed away at RAF Warmwell, Dorset, due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
28⇗ | 4 October 1943 |
Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Commander | 42‑3218⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
32⇗ | 14 October 1943 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Commander | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Only plane to return to Grafton Underwood. Sortie Report⇗ |
34⇗ | 3 November 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany |
Commander | 42‑30026⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Commander | 42‑5838⇗ |
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37848. Because of the delay in changing ships, unable to locate formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑5909⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy; aircraft and unidentified crew supplied by 482nd BG. Sortie Report⇗ |
51⇗ | 7 January 1944 |
Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Commander | 42‑37848⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off Group lead. Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous. Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Commander | 42‑37848⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Commander | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group lead, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑37848⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑39991⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
70⇗ | 3 March 1944 |
Target: Roller-Bearing Factory Type: Bearings Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Commander | 42‑39991⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
77⇗ | 19 March 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-2 Storage and Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Wizernes, France |
Commander | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
81⇗ | 24 March 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Commander | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
86⇗ | 9 April 1944 |
Target: FW-190 Fighter Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Marienburg, Germany |
Commander | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
106⇗ | 12 May 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group lead. Sortie Report⇗ |
109⇗ | 19 May 1944 |
Target: Unidentified Industrial Area Type: Industry Location: Berlin, Germany |
Commander | 42‑38014⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Group Lead. Sortie Report⇗ |