Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 12, 1946.
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Harold served as a Second Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30036, 501st Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Emery County, Utah prior to the war.
B-25D #41-30036 took off, with a crew of 5 and other B-25's, from APO 713-1 on a strike mission. Bad weather was encounter and the formation was instructed to return to base. B-25D #41-30036 was last seen north of New Guinea and did not return to base. The entire crew was lost on this mission.
Harold was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-749308
Harold also has two "Cenotaphs".
One in the Ferron City Cemetery, Ferron, Utah.
" Click Here " for that record.
One in the Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah. " Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30036:
Boening, Alger L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Dietrich, George H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WI
Gray, Roger W ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Markowski, Frank W, Jr ~ Corp, Gunner, IL
Pettey, Harold A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, UT
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Harold served as a Second Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30036, 501st Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Emery County, Utah prior to the war.
B-25D #41-30036 took off, with a crew of 5 and other B-25's, from APO 713-1 on a strike mission. Bad weather was encounter and the formation was instructed to return to base. B-25D #41-30036 was last seen north of New Guinea and did not return to base. The entire crew was lost on this mission.
Harold was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-749308
Harold also has two "Cenotaphs".
One in the Ferron City Cemetery, Ferron, Utah.
" Click Here " for that record.
One in the Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah. " Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30036:
Boening, Alger L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Dietrich, George H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WI
Gray, Roger W ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Markowski, Frank W, Jr ~ Corp, Gunner, IL
Pettey, Harold A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, UT
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until February 12, 1946.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Harold served as a Second Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30036, 501st Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Emery County, Utah prior to the war.
B-25D #41-30036 took off, with a crew of 5 and other B-25's, from APO 713-1 on a strike mission. Bad weather was encounter and the formation was instructed to return to base. B-25D #41-30036 was last seen north of New Guinea and did not return to base. The entire crew was lost on this mission.
Harold was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-749308
Harold also has two "Cenotaphs".
One in the Ferron City Cemetery, Ferron, Utah.
" Click Here " for that record.
One in the Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah. " Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30036:
Boening, Alger L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Dietrich, George H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WI
Gray, Roger W ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Markowski, Frank W, Jr ~ Corp, Gunner, IL
Pettey, Harold A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, UT
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Harold served as a Second Lieutenant & Pilot on B-25D #41-30036, 501st Bomber Squadron, 345th Bomber Group, Medium, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Emery County, Utah prior to the war.
B-25D #41-30036 took off, with a crew of 5 and other B-25's, from APO 713-1 on a strike mission. Bad weather was encounter and the formation was instructed to return to base. B-25D #41-30036 was last seen north of New Guinea and did not return to base. The entire crew was lost on this mission.
Harold was declared "Missing In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-749308
Harold also has two "Cenotaphs".
One in the Ferron City Cemetery, Ferron, Utah.
" Click Here " for that record.
One in the Memory Grove Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah. " Click Here " for that record.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-25D #41-30036:
Boening, Alger L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, MI
Dietrich, George H ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, WI
Gray, Roger W ~ S/Sgt, Engineer, NY
Markowski, Frank W, Jr ~ Corp, Gunner, IL
Pettey, Harold A ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, UT
( Bio, Family Link & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )
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