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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Harmon W. Gerhart Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS AS A NAVIGATOR ON B-17 BOMBERS AND FLEW 50 BOMBING MISSIONS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS WITH TWO OAK CLUSTERS FOR COMPLETING 25 MISSIONS OVER GERMANY AND 25 MISSIONS OVER NORTH AFRICA. ON ONE MISSION, FOUR PLANES WERE TO BOMB A BALL-BEARING FACTORY NEAR STUTTGART, GERMANY. HIS WAS THE ONLY PLANE TO RETURN.