HOMETOWN LIVING AT I TS BEST 47
Becomng a hero
Harry flew 19 missions during WWI between 1943 and 1944.
Eventually, he was captured by the Germans and placed in
a P.O.W. camp for 16 months. After he and his brother Joe
returned from the war, they purchased the Sinclair Service
Station from Bragg Thompson. CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE:
Harry standing beside his B-17 in Kimbolton, England, in 1943.
A Vidalia Advance ad announcing the grand opening of Moses
Bros. Service Station in 1946. Harry with his mother Mattie Lou
in 1940. Harry in the cockpit of his plane. In 2005, Harry stands
with Rusty in front of the B-17 Liberty Belle, sixty-one years after
he bailed out of his burning B-17 over Germany in 1944.