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Harl Pease Jr. (April 10, 1917 – October 8, 1942) was a United States Army Air Corps officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during World War II.
Among the pilots who ferried the bombers to their new airfields in the Pacific was Lieutenant Harl Pease, Jr. The 24-year-old officer was born and raised in Plymouth, New Hampshire, where his father was a well-known car dealer and his mother played the organ in the church he had attended in his boyhood.
U.S. Army Air Corps Captain Harl Pease Jr. was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on 6-7 August 1942. When 1 engine of the bombardment airplane of which he was pilot failed during a bombing mission over New Guinea, Capt. Pease was forced to return to a base in Australia.
Serving with the famed 19th Bomb Group's 93rd Squadron at March Field, Calif., he flew a B-17 Flying Fortress in the first mass formation flight from Hamilton Field, Calif., to Hawaii in May 1941, and was awarded the Air Medal for this operation.
May 31, 2021 · Flying an aircraft already in less than pristine condition, and apparently damaged during the aerial battle with Japanese Zeros, Pease fell behind the main force of his group. Enemy aircraft ...
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Pease Air National Guard Base, formerly part of Pease Air Force Base, takes pride in preserving the name and heritage of Captain Harl Pease, Jr. His gallantry, devotion to duty, and contempt for personal danger as a B-17 pilot during World War 11 earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
