Crew Roster · Personal File
Kurt W. Harris
Radio Operator · 409th Squadron
Served as radio operator and gunner on B-24 with 2nd Air Division, 409th Bomb Sqdn., 93rd Bomb Group, at Hardwick, England. Participated in the Battles of Rhineland, Central Europe, and the Ardennes. Flew 35 missions.
Completed Tour
Sortie Log
11 CATALOGUED SORTIES
25 DEC 1944 — 31 MAR 1945
25 DEC 1944 — 31 MAR 1945
The sorties 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.
8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 761
25 DEC 1944
HallschlagC/C
1-3
42-94814
№ 783
06 JAN 1945
Bonn Rhine H/BH/B
Lo Left 3-2
42-94814
№ 809
28 JAN 1945
KaiserstuhlO/I
Latrine Rumor, The42-95199
№ 817
03 FEB 1945
Magdeburg/RothenseeO/I
Formation position 3-3; ship number prefix listed without # symbol in source
Bodacious42-109837
№ 821
06 FEB 1945
MagdeburgM/Y
Formation position 3-2
Bodacious42-109837
№ 824
09 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Spare aircraft
Bodacious42-109837
№ 835
19 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 1-3
Bodacious42-109837
№ 841
22 FEB 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 1-3
Bodacious42-109837
№ 877
10 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
3-1
O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary42-50485
№ 911
24 MAR 1945
American Assault Area??
Formation position 4-1
XX-XX465
№ 920
31 MAR 1945
Target unrecorded
Formation position 4-1
O-Bitch-U-Airy Mary42-50485
§ Personal Record
Before the War
Born Jan. 17, 1925 in Richwood, OH. Enlisted in the USAAC on July 17, 1943 as a radio operator and gunner. Stationed at Miami Beach, FL; Sioux Falls, SD; and Yuma, AZ.