Harry E Jennings
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 27737
2nd LT Harry E. Jennings
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
MOS: 1055 - Pilot, single engine fighter
Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron Aircraft:
P-51B-10-NA 42-106429 WD-W
4th Service: 2 May 1944 — 24 May 1944
5 missions
24 MAY 44 Climbing to intercept an ME-109 at 34,000’,
his target turned the tables on him and
when last seen his Mustang was receiving
strikes “from spinner to rudder...pouring
brown smoke and glycol..flicking as though
the aircraft was partly out of control”
KIA (MACR 5287)
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
MOS: 1055 - Pilot, single engine fighter
Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron Aircraft:
P-51B-10-NA 42-106429 WD-W
4th Service: 2 May 1944 — 24 May 1944
5 missions
24 MAY 44 Climbing to intercept an ME-109 at 34,000’,
his target turned the tables on him and
when last seen his Mustang was receiving
strikes “from spinner to rudder...pouring
brown smoke and glycol..flicking as though
the aircraft was partly out of control”
KIA (MACR 5287)
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Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return, shot down in combat by Bf109, P-51B 42-106429 crashed near Hamburg 24-May-44. Jennings KIA. MACR 5287.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Judy IV
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Utica, NY, USA | 27 March 1941 | Utica, New York |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 May 1944 - 24 May 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Hamburg, Germany | 24 May 1944 | Failed to return, shot down in combat by Bf109, P-51B 42-106429 crashed near Hamburg 24-May-44. Jennings KIA. MACR 5287. |
Buffalo, New York, USA | |||
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Born |
New York, NY, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5287 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list