Harry E. Byerman.

S/Sgt. Harry E. Byerman served as tail gunner on the December 1, 1943 mission to Solingen, Germany. It was his ninth mission; he had previously flown against Foggia, Cancello, Wiener Neustadt, St. Omer, a French airfield, Leghorn, Wilhelmshaven, and Bremen. During the fighter attack over Holland, the tail section was badly shot up by cannon fire.

Byerman had last checked in on the intercom over Holland before the fighter attacks. Crew member Sellers reported seeing him moving back from the turret as though seriously wounded, just before Sellers bailed out. Byerman did not bail out. Multiple crew members, including pilot Keating, radio operator Crawford, waist gunner Cheney, and bombardier Leediker, all concluded that he went down with the aircraft approximately 25 miles southeast of Cologne. The entire surviving crew was satisfied he did not survive.