Personal File · AirmanKilled in Action

Harry R. Savage.

Navigator · Of Concord, Michigan, MI.

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

2nd Lt. Harry R. Savage served as navigator aboard his aircraft during the August 1, 1943 Ploesti raid. He had completed 12 missions before this operation. Three separate source documents record his fate: E&E Report No. 2444 (S/Sgt. Murray), E&E Report No. 2451 (S/Sgt. Koen), and MACR-462. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Clarence M. Savage, of Concord, Michigan.

Savage did not bail out with the crew members who survived. Murray's report places the crash over Serbia; Koen's account and the MACR both locate it over Bulgaria, where a mid-air collision brought down the aircraft. Savage was in the nose/cockpit section when the plane struck the ground. His individual casualty questionnaire described him as probably killed and injured in the mid-air collision.

S/Sgt. Koen, who survived and filed E&E Report No. 2451 upon returning to the UK in October 1944, confirmed Savage was reported dead. Savage was killed in action on the Ploesti mission of 1 August 1943.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
1st Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-667434
Hometown
Concord, Michigan, MI

Missions flown.

2 catalogued · 01 Aug 1943 — 01 Aug 1943

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

Read the records.

3 documents

Original documents behind what this page says about this airman — reports, records, and histories the archive holds and is free to reproduce. Check the sources for yourself.

Supports 7 facts

Missing Air Crew Report 462

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Supports 6 facts

Escape and Evasion Report 2444

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports
Supports 4 facts

Escape and Evasion Report 2451

Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Escape and Evasion Reports

Sources.

§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record