Crosby, Harry Herbert, Lt Col

Deceased
 
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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
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Lieutenant Colonel

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Home State
North Dakota
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

 Official Badges 

US Army Honorable Discharge WW II Honorable Discharge Pin


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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.
   
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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.
   
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Harrison, Edward Farris, Lt Col, (1936-1949) A08 AAF MOS 1036 Captain
McClure, Charles Lee, Capt, (1940-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1034 Captain
Van Kirk, Theodore Jerome, Maj, (1941-1946) A08 AAF MOS 1034 First Lieutenant
Barks, Arthur Edwin, 2nd Lt, (1942-1943) A08 Second Lieutenant
Halloran, Raymond Francis, 1st Lt, (1942-1946) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Harrison, Edward Farris, Lt Col, (1936-1949) A08 Second Lieutenant
La Mar, John Atwood, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Murphy, John Charles, 1st Lt, (1942-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Thayer, Reginald Holden, Capt, (1941-1953) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Wasilewski, Emil Thomas, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A08 Second Lieutenant
Zamperini, Louis Silvie, Capt, (1941-1946) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Goodner, Howard Glenn, TSgt, (1943-1945) A25 AAF MOS 756 [Other Service Rank]
Goodner, Howard Glenn, TSgt, (1943-1945) A07 AAF MOS 611 [Other Service Rank]
Mercer, Charles Oscar, Cpl, (1943-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 [Other Service Rank]
Ruud, Herbert Gilman, SSgt, (1942-1945) 00 [Other Service Rank]
Wetmore, Ray Shuey, Maj, (1941-1951) A01 AAF MOS 511 [Other Service Rank]
Haviland, Fred Russ, Maj, (1941-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1055 First Lieutenant
Peterson, Edward Joseph, 1st Lt, (1941-1942) A33 AAF MOS 770 First Lieutenant
Rosenthal, Robert, Lt Col, (1941-1945) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Schuh, Duerr H., Lt Col, (1942-1968) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Braemer, Fred Anthony, Capt, (1935-1966) A07 AAF MOS 509 Master Sergeant
Pritchard, Raymond P., TSgt, (1941-1945) A07 AAF MOS 748 Sergeant
Anderson, Raymond A., T5G, (1940-1942) A05 AAF MOS 979 Technician 5th Grade
Baker, Robert Warren, TSgt, (1941-1965) A01 AAF MOS 555 Corporal
Erwin, Henry Eugene, MSgt, (1942-1947) A25 AAF MOS 756 Corporal
Jackson, Joe Madison, Col, (1941-1973) A01 AAF MOS 747 Corporal
Stacey, Kenneth Loftin, TSgt, (1942-1944) A07 AAF MOS 737 Corporal
Bridges, Roy Dubard, Cpl, (1943-1946) A25 AAF MOS 756 Private First Class
Gerald, Anderson, PFC, (1942-1943) A06 Private First Class
Lyons, Robert William, TSgt, (1942-1945) A01 AAF MOS 747 Private First Class
Crenshaw, Claude James, Lt Col, (1942-1965) A01 AAF MOS 747 Private
Kuroki, Ben, TSgt, (1942-1945) 00 Private
Mikolajczyk, Thomas, SSgt, (1941-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Private
Warmer, Benjamin F., SSgt, (1942-1945) A13 AAF MOS 521 Private
Beyer, William Rockafeller, Capt, (1942-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Eccles, Peggie, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Gordon, Harry, 1st Lt, (1942-1946) [Other Service Rank]
Hambleton, Iceal Eugene, Lt Col, (1943-1973) [Other Service Rank]
Peterson, Robert Ernest, SSgt, (1942-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Swain, Lawrence Harvey, TSgt, (1943-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Martin, Harold, Maj, (1942-1945) Major
Toland, Butler Bell, Lt Col, (1941-1968) Captain
Emrick, Paul Stanley, Lt Gen, (1938-1967) First Lieutenant
Burbridge, Ralph, Maj, (1941-1961) Second Lieutenant
Dubinski, Charles Anthony, Capt, (1942-1962) Second Lieutenant
Kelley, John Calvin, 1st Lt, (1940-1943) Second Lieutenant
Bankey, Ernest Edward, Col, (1941-1968) Staff Sergeant
Agar, John George, Sgt, (1942-1946) Sergeant
Honsowetz, Jack W., Sgt, (1942-1944) Sergeant
Piligno, Rocco, SSgt, (1943-1945) Private First Class
Drew, Urban Leonard, Maj, (1942-1950) Private
Emerson, Donald Roswell, Capt, (1942-1944) Private
Lawter, Lewis B., 2nd Lt, (1942-1943) Private
Randles, Roger C., 2nd Lt, (1943-1944) Private
Wallerstein, Edward, 2nd Lt, (1941-1945) Private
Whiteker, Benjamin R., 1st Lt, (1943-1945) Private
Williamson, Felix Drewry, Maj, (1939-1947) Private
Zieminski, Edward A., 2nd Lt, (1941-1943) Private

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