Gordon Rudolph Hendricksen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Mrs Lori Hendricksen Kruger / Wim Slangen
Object Number - UPL 57280 - Gordon E Hendricksen He came over into the USAAF from the Jackson National Guard.
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-37802, Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33236676
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14181902
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39185117
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18156592
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19084329 / O-679229
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Jackson, Minnesota | 23 February 1919 | Born Jackson, Minnesota |
|
Enlisted |
Jackson, Minnesota | 10 February 1941 | Enlisted Jackson, Minnesota |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 29 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) North Sea |
|
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290616/gordon-r-hendricksen
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1390; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61 and 81
