Harry Luther Henry

Military
media-13075.jpeg UPL 13075 HARRY LUTHER HENRY, S/Sgt , U.S.A.A.F.
B-24 ASST Engineer & Waist Gunner

-Survived his crashing B-24
-Became a POW in German/Nazi, spent time in both;
Stalag 17b & Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

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Object Number - UPL 13075 - HARRY LUTHER HENRY, S/Sgt , U.S.A.A.F. B-24 ASST Engineer & Waist Gunner -Survived his crashing B-24 -Became a POW in German/Nazi, spent time...

B-24 - #42-7554 - 8th AF, 445th BG, 702nd BS - stationed in NOV 1943 at RAF Tibenham.



Crashed into the cemetery in Mirns, Friesland, the Netherlands on 22 DEC 1943, killing 7 of the 10 crew.



Story written about the crash in MAR 2015 by Mr. Jaap Halma

http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/54.pdf



11 NOV 2015 Commemoration ceremony photos:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/b-24_liberator_42-7554/albums



11 NOV 2015 YouTube video of event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVpI3Tf-GWc

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Combat Bomb Wing 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-465407
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Combat Bomb Wing 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-807665 / # 12035086
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14061673 / O-732613
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Combat Bomb Wing 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38188018
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Combat Bomb Wing 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-674179 / 129-07-0548
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tail End Charlie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

22 December 1943 - 3 May 1945 POW at German/Nazi prisoner camps: 1) Stalag Luft 17-B 2) Stalag Luft #4 Gross Tychow

Died

23 March 1990 Buried in Maryland, US

Other

B-24 Aircrew Member

B-24 Asst. Engineer/Waist Gunner

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Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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