Crosby, Harry Herbert, Lt Col

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1034-Navigator

Last AFSC Group
Air Crew (Officer)

Primary Unit
1943-1945, AAF MOS 1034, 100th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Dakota

Year of Birth
1919

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Contact Info

Home Town New England, North Dakota; Oskaloosa, Iowa	Last Address Lynn/Essex, Massachusetts
Date of Passing Jul 28, 2010
Location of Interment East Parish Burying Ground - Newton, Massachusetts

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was Group Navigator for the 100th Bomb Group, "The Bloody Hundredth", of the 8th AF in WWII and flew 32 combat missions over Europe.
He was cremated and buried beside his first wife in the East Parish Burying Ground, the Old Newton Cemetery.

Other Comments:

Sources:

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=4&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=harry+h+crosby&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1387492&rlst=1965432,2623465,5008051,1387492

https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&id=1082&Itemid=334

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-newton/obituary.aspx?pid=144452617

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55821862

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104766316

Books:

"Masters of the Air", Donald Miller, Simon & Schuster, 2006.
"The Alabama Bomber Boys", Donald E. Wilson, Heritage Books, 2008.

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1942-1943, USAAF Training Command
	1943-1943, AAF MOS 1034, 418th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy
	1943-1945, AAF MOS 1034, 100th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1942-1945 World War II
	1943-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Air Offensive, Europe Campaign (1942-44)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
	1944-1944 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
	1944-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
	1944-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)
	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)

Colleges Attended



	1936-1941, University of Iowa
	1946-1947, University of Iowa
	1948-1953, Stanford University

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1943-1945, B-17 Flying Fortress