Henry A Ingalls
Military
Object Number - UPL 20731 - 2nd Lieutenant Henry A Ingalls 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Aircraft P-51 43-6573 struck by flak and downed while strafing Langensalza Airdrome, crashing in an open field 1.5 miles east of the airdrome. Seen leaving wreck and heading for two farmers on a nearby road. POW. MACR 8680.
Post War: Retired from the US Air Force as a Major.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Rebel Millie MLove
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Talmage, KS 67482, USA | 10 January 1920 | Born 10-Jan-20 Talmadge, KS. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Shot down |
Am Langensalza, 31832 Springe, Germany | 11 September 1944 | Aircraft P-51 43-6573 struck by flak and downed while strafing Langensalza Airdrome, crashing in an open field 1.5 miles east of the airdrome. Seen leaving wreck and heading for two farmers on a nearby road. POW. MACR 8680. |
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Died Prisoner of War (POW) |
Torrance, CA, USA | 20 October 1977 - 11 September 1944 | Died 20-Oct-77 Torrance, CA. |
| Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8680 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
