Henry Harris Northrop

Military
media-38661.png UPL 38661 Henry Harris Northrop

Reupload of UPL 17337 (now deleted) to correct orientation.

Original uploaded by user ED-BB with the source messgae: 'courtesy of Mrs Marielaina Haag, via Marilyn Jeffers Walton, Data from Marilyn Jeffers Walton
458th Bomb Group website : www.458bg.com'

Object Number - UPL 38661 - Henry Harris Northrop

Crashed in Blick, Germany, near the village Süderbrarup in Schleswig-Holstein on 6/18/44 in B-24 “Rhapsody in Junk.” POW at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VII-A.



Henry Northrop's father was a minister in Long Island, and Henry grew up with his four brothers, singing with them in the local boys choir. Before joining the service in 1942, Henry worked at W. T. Grant Company in New York and at Rippey's Diner in Batavia, New York. He earned his pilot's wings after training in Mississippi and Arkansas from February 1943 to October of that same year. His four brothers all served in the military in Europe during WWII. Henry also served in the United States Army during the Korean War.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-860086
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19116172 and O-761871
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38367896
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39693927
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34509333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 458th Bomb Group prepare to board their B-24 Liberator, (serial number 41-28733) nicknamed "Rhapsody in Junk", for a mission, whilst ground crew refuel the aircraft. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], ' Passed for publication 28 Apr 1944.' [stamp] and '317857.' [Censor no.] Printed caption attached to the reverse: ROUND THE CLOCK BOMBERS. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: As the ground crew refuels, the crew of a Liberator at a U.S. Bomber Base " somewhere in England"
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rhapsody in Junk
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Batavia, New York, USA 28 March 1917 the son of Edward Arthur and Ann Carol Seal Northrop

Enlisted

Rochester, New York, United States 24 September 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Żagań, Poland 18 June 1944 Captured in Keppeln, near Schleswig, Germany, 18 June 1944 at 10:00am. NARA WWII POW database : “Stalag Luft 3 Sagan – Returned to Military control 8 June 1945”

Died

Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, United States 6 April 1998

Buried

Redwood Memorial Cemetery, West Jordan, Utah, United States

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5897 & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com - crew picture at Northrop crew in 754th BS

Additional information sent through to the American Air Museum by Thomas F Jeffers' daughter, Marilyn.

Date
ContributorED-BB
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added crew photo

Date
ContributorED-BB
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added photo connection

Date
ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 5908
458th Bomb Group website : www.458bg.com

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 5908 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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