Harold Ross Harris (December 20, 1895{{cite web |url=https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/51-100/AFD-090601-134.pdf |title=Biographical Data on Air Force General Officers, 1917-1952, Volume 1 – A thru L |year=1953 |last=Fogerty |first=Robert P. |page=794 |publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency |id= USAF historical studies: no. 91 |access-date=November 9, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831192543/https://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/51-100/AFD-090601-134.pdf |archive-date=August 31, 2021}} – July 28, 1988) was a notable American test pilot and U.S. Army Air Force officer who held 26 flying records. He made the first flight by American pilots over the Alps from Italy to France, successfully tested the world's first pressurized aircraft, was the first airman to safely escape from an aircraft by "bailing out" using a free-fall parachute.

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|location= Dayton, Ohio

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|year= 2002

|isbn= 0-913428-84-1

|pages= 113–114

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|title= Splendid Vision, Unswerving Purpose; Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight

|location= Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

|publisher= U.S. Air Force Publications

|year= 2002

|isbn= 0-16-067599-5

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Harold R. Harris died in his home in Falmouth, Massachusetts on July 28, 1988, at age 92.{{cite news |author=Alfonso A. Narvaez |author-link=Alfonso A. Narvaez |title=Harold Ross Harris Is Dead at 92. Early Pilot and Aviation Pioneer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/29/obituaries/harold-ross-harris-is-dead-at-92-early-pilot-and-aviation-pioneer.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 29, 1988 |accessdate=2012-10-12 }}

Decorations

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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Cavaliere OCI BAR.svg|width=106|alt=}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Order of Abdon Calderón.png|width=106|alt=}}

|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=PER Order of the Sun of Peru - Officer BAR.png|width=106|alt=}}

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2nd Row \|colspan="4"\|World War I Victory Medal with battle clasp \|colspan="4"\|American Campaign Medal \|colspan="4"\|European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two service stars \|colspan="4"\|World War II Victory Medal
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colspan="17"|USAF Command Pilot wings

1st Row

|colspan="6"|Army Distinguished Service Medal

|colspan="4"|Legion of Merit

|colspan="6"|Air Medal

2nd Row

|colspan="4"|World War I Victory Medal with battle clasp

|colspan="4"|American Campaign Medal

|colspan="4"|European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two service stars

|colspan="4"|World War II Victory Medal

3rd Row