NFT – Keeper Of The Flame

Harold M. Dunn

5/5/1922 – 7/8/1922
Service Dates: 1938 – 1945

Harold served in the Army during World War II. In 1938, he joined the Missouri National Guard’s 140th Infantry Regiment. He was later drafted into the Army and sent to California. He soon volunteered for pilot training, and received his wings on January 3, 1943. He was commissioned a Flight Officer, a rank equivalent to a Warrant Officer 1. He was shipped to England and assigned to the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, “Reich Wreckers”, Eighth Air Force, based at Thurleigh, west of London. On June 2, 1943 he was shot down over Germany and spent approximately 22 months in various German prison camps. Then on April 29, 1945, the 14th Armored Division of General Patton’s Third Army liberated his camp and he returned home.
Story uploaded: 2007 / updated Friday July 3, 2026