Photograph of Arizona Harris with B17 Crew
Date1941
MediumPaper
Dimensions3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2012.5.3
DescriptionPhotograph of Arizona Harris with B17 crew in flight uniform. Harris is second row, second from right. An arrow points down to him from the top of photograph.Written on back: "Todd with Crew B17, 1941, Capt. Crammer, in England."
There are also 2 small zeros or circles stacked underneath writing.
Caption from the Tempe 150th Anniversary exhibit:
Sergeant Arizona T. Harris of Tempe – back row, second from right – and the other crew members of B-17 bomber “Sons of Fury.” T/Sgt. Harris became legendary in the Army Air Corps because he continued firing his guns at enemy fighter planes as his stricken bomber hit the water and sank into the Bay of Biscay off France in January 1943. In death, he received a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions that day.
Status
Not on view
Circa early 1940s
Circa November 1941
