Albert Lloyd Haynes Jr
MilitaryL-R: Maj Carroll W McColpin, Lt John I Brown, Capt Reade Tilley, Maj William J Dailey Jr, Capt John J McCloskey, Lt Dale Taylor, Lt A L Haynes, Capt Harold Strickland, Lt Bradford W Boyar, Capt Sam A Mauriello, Lt George L Strauss and Lt Fred Cullen Smith.
Joined RCAF.
pilot training Camp Borden, Ontario from Sept. to Dec. 1941.
Shipped overseas ETO.
Assigned to 403 Sqn RAF 17-6-42, Spitfire Mk Vb AR438 'Dorothy I' 'Pappy'
Returned USA to share ETO fighter experience
Joined 26th FS, 51st FG 14th AF in China, defending the Chinese end of the 'Hump' route and air bases in the Kunming area.
Out of Kweilin on an escort mission for 11th BS B-25's on a mission to bomb in the Changsha area. Jumped by 15-20 Oscar fighters and shot down in P-40N Warhawk 42-104930, baled out over Hengyang, China 5-7-44. MIA/KIA. Eye Witness certain he landed in Hengyang which was at the time surrounded by Japanese troops. MACR's 7268/7593.
MIA/FOD Crash site unknown. Body unrecovered as yet.
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newport News, Virginia | 9 April 1910 | |
Died |
Hengyang, Hunan, China | 5 July 1944 | Out of Kweilin on an escort mission for 11th BS B-25's on a mission to bomb in the Changsha area. Jumped by 15-20 Oscar fighters and shot down in P-40N Warhawk 42-104930, baled out over Hengyang, China 5-7-44. MIA/KIA. Eye Witness certain he landed in Hengyang which was at the time surrounded by Japanese troops. MACR's 7268/7593. |
Buried |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, 8100 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23505 | Memorialised - Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City Virginia, USA. | |
Buried |
Memorialised - Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. | ||
Virginia, USA | Virginia, USA. | ||
Other Pilot Training |
CFB Borden Military Museum, 27 Ram St, Borden, ON L0M 1C0, Canada | Pilot training Camp Borden, Ontario from Sept to Dec, 1941. | |
Other Joined RCAF |
Canada | Joined Royal Canadian Air Force. |
Revisions
I am a researcher. This was a typo with the middle name of Albert Lloyd Haynes.