Name:
Harold W. Sanders
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
35167939
Unit:
614th Bomber Squadron, 401st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-12-31
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Plot:
A
Row:
5
Grave:
20
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Harold W. Sanders, right waist gunner of the B-17 42-37770 "Flak Rat", took off from Station 128 Deenethorpe, Nothamptonshire, UK at 0830 on a bombing mission over Bordeaux along with 500 other aircraft. They were among 25 to get shot down. German fighters and flak targeted the “Flak Rat” and brought it down at 1216 after a partial evacuation. He was shot down while parachuting to the ground by German fighters.