Charles Patrick Henry
Military ROLL OF HONOURBall Turret Gunner. Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Wounded severely in the aircraft and thrown out by the crew who witnessed the parachute opening. Killed in Action (KIA). Landed and presumed drowned in the River Scheldt. S/Sgt Henry's body was found 6-24-1943. Interred in the North Cemetery, Vlissingen, Netherlands. Grave 163. Reinterred in the Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery in Roscoe, MN.
West Concord, Minnesota
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18110019
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36057714
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738839
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31150534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734915
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
2 February 1918 | ||
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Based |
Ridgewell | 7 June 1943 - 22 June 1943 | |
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Other Killed in Action |
Terneuzen, Netherlands | 22 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
Vlissingen, Netherlands | 24 June 1943 | North Cemetery #163 |
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Buried |
Roscoe, MN, USA | Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
532nd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 134
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 134 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia