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Contact Info
Home Town Waco
Last Address WOODWAY, TX
Date of Passing May 24, 2010
Location of Interment Rosemound Cemetery - Waco, Texas
During WWII, Sgt. Harris flew as a radio-gunner aboard B-17G (#42-31678), nost art "Little Patches". He flew with the 324th and 401st Bomb Squadrons, 91st Bombardment Group (H), 8th Air Force. He began combat service in the ETO at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England (U.S.A.A.F. Station 121). He flew 35 combat missions.
During the Korean War, he served as a radio operator in the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron in various aircraft including: C-47s,
B-17s and SA-16s.
1943-1951, B-17 Flying Fortress
From Year 1943
To Year 1951
Personal Memories
35 missions 91st BG, Bassingborne. East Anglia, England. Aprx 250 combat hours, Korean conflict split between B-17s and SA-16 Grumman Albatross wuth 3rd Air Rescue Sq at Yokota Air Base and Johnson Air Base, Japan
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B-17 Flying Fortress Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Specifications
Model Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Length 74.74 ft | 22.78 m Width 103.74 ft | 31.62 m Height 19.09 ft | 5.82 m Engine(s) 4 x Wright Cyclone R-1820-97 radial piston engines generating 1,200 hp each. Empty Weight 36,136 lbs | 16,391 kg MTOW 72,003 lbs | 32,660 kg Max Speed 287 mph | 462 km/h | 249 kts Max Range 2,001 miles | 3,220 km Ceiling 35,597 ft | 10,850 m | 6.7 miles Climb Rate 540.5 ft/min (164.7 m/min) Hardpoints 0 Armament 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered "belly" turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left front "cheek" position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right front "cheek" position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in left waist position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in right waist position 1 x 12.7mm machine gun in radio operator's midship position (removed on later models) 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in powered chin turret (later models)
Maximum internal bombload of 7,983 kg (17,600 lbs). Accommodations 10 Operators United Kingdom and the United States of America.