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BTG, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). name on the tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot, Tail Gunner, Observer | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner/Observer, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters,...
Military | Captain | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
Bombardier, Hendricks crew. Squadron Bombardier, 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by...
Military | Major | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Hendricks/ Withers crew. Squadron Commander. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
RWG, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and ...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer | 381st Bomb Group
ETTG, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
LWG, Hendricks/Withers crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out...
Military | Captain | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Hendricks crew. Squadron Navigator, 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
Radio operator, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking...
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot ; Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Hendricks crew. Regular pilot of most of the crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was...
Group
The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; 2nd AF / 381st BG / 534th BS Smoky Hill 7/5/43 (Squadron original aircraft); Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 8th AF / 1st BW / 103rd CBW (P) / 381st BG / 534th BS [GD-K] Ridgewell 4/6/43 with Bob Fricks, Martin Downey, Ray Lyons,...
9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Yonkers, New York, USA | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | North Sea | 9 October 1943 |
| Died | 9 October 1943 | |
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Tablets of the Missing |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 November 2017 05:17:23 | ARowe95 | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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ARowe95 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:15:09 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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