Henry Lee Polansky
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 856th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 02072605
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39120406
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 856th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-785613
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Kirkwall Airport, Orkney Islands | 31 March 1945 | On the night of 30/31 March 1945 the bomber crew crashed in the Orkney Islands killing all on board but Lt Peter C. Pulrang. The crash was the largest loss of life (13) in the Group during the war. |
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Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia