Francis Alan Hentges
Military
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Francis Hentges was Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed NNW of Mons, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2460. Prisoner of War (POW).
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15354408
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39531503
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19069446
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35743312
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | 12 March 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 16 January 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland | 20 February 1944 | Immediately captured after landing in Belgium. Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945” |
Died |
Tacoma, Kent County, Washington, United States | 14 April 2004 | |
Buried |
Tacoma National Cemetery, Washington, United States |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2460 / MACR 2460, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database