Harris, Harold
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Harold |
Surname | Harris |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wolfe and Jennie Harris, of Hull. Table Tennis Champion of Hull, 1941. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND502 |
Markings | 6O-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Ste. Catherine Communal Cemetery, Arras |
Grave Reference | Row 2. Coll. grave 5. |
Epitaph | LOVED AND MOURNED BY ALL. UNTIL WE ARE UNITED AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 177 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1458651 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 582 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Airfield Site, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to RAF Little Staughton, including 109 Sqn |
Location | All Saints Church, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet & Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | In memory of 109 and 582 Sqns. At R.A.F. Little Staughton |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2052/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2052/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-06-1944 |
End Date | 16-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Little Staughton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (25% moon) |
Operation | Lens- to attack railway yards. Part of a 224 aircraft bomber force to attack railway installations at Lens and Valenciennes. Both raids were in clear conditions and were accurately executed. 11 aircraft Lost in all (4.9%). |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have been shot down by a night-fighter. Crashed in the NW suburbs of Arras in the Pas-de-Calais, France |