Comstock, Harold Elwood, Col

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Colonel
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1021A-Pilot
Last AFSC Group
Aircrew
Primary Unit
1945-1945, AAF MOS 770, 7th Bombardment Group
Service Years
1941 - 1971
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Colonel

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Home State
California
California
Year of Birth
1920
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Comstock, Harold Elwood, Col USAF(Ret).

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Contact Info
Home Town
Fresno, California
Last Address
Auberry, California
Date of Passing
Apr 03, 2009
 
Location of Interment
Fresno Memorial Gardens - Fresno, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Acacia Garden

 Official Badges 

Headquarters Air Force Air Force Commander Air Training Command Instructor (pre-1966) Air Force Retired




 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Air Ace American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
American Fighter Aces Association
  2017, American Fighter Aces Association


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

In World War II, he was credited with destroying 5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat plus 2 probables and 3 damaged, as well as 3 more on the ground. 
 

   
Other Comments:

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._Comstock
http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=695
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_comstock_h_e.php
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_056.php
http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0607010
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_Operations_Group
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35899371
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=389900
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/85887
https://www.ancestry.com
Book: "Aces Against Germany", Eric Hammel, Pocket Books, 1993, pp 309-15.
 

   


WWII - European Theater of Operations/Northern France Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
July / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944

Description
(Northern France Campaign 25 July to 14 September 1944) Bombardment along a five-mile stretch of the German line enabled the Allies to break through on 25 July. While some armored forces drove southward into Brittany, others fanned out to the east and, overcoming a desperate counterattack, executed a pincers movement that trapped many Germans in a pocket at Falaise. The enemy fell back on the Siegfried Line, and by mid-September 1944 nearly all of France had been liberated. During these operations in France, while light and medium bombers and fighter-bomber aircraft of Ninth Air Force had been engaged in close support and interdictory operations, Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces had continued their strategic bombing.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
July / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

762nd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy

355th Wing - Desert Lightning

 
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

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