Henry Cecil Gates
Military
His Daughter Christine Gates Reppond
Object Number - UPL 35515 - Henry Gates. Tail Gunner on 42-29852 'Fireball.
Shot down 3 November 1943 in B-17 #42-29852 'Fireball', Prisoner of War (POW).
Missions 22 Jun 1943 (Tue) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Huls, Germany Synthetic Rubber Factory
13 26 Jun 1943 (Sat) TG S/Sgt #42-3120 Villacoublay, France Target Not Bombed - Cloud Cover
14 28 Jun 1943 (Mon) TG S/Sgt #42-3150 St Nazaire, France Submarine Pens & Docks
16 4 Jul 1943 (Sun) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Le Mans, France Aircraft Engine Factory
19 17 Jul 1943 (Sat) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Hanover, Germany Continental Tyre Company
20 24 Jul 1943 (Sat) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Heroya, Norway Magnesium Works
26 12 Aug 1943 (Thu) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Bochum, Germany Vereinigte Stahlwerke - Steel Mill
27 15 Aug 1943 (Sun) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Flushing, Holland Airfield
28 16 Aug 1943 (Mon) BT S/Sgt #42-29835 Paris, France La Bourget Airfield
29 17 Aug 1943 (Tue) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Schweinfurt, Germany Ball Bearing Factory
31 24 Aug 1943 (Tue) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Villacoublay, France Airfield
32 27 Aug 1943 (Fri) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Watten, France "Secret Weapon" Construction Site
34 2 Sep 1943 (Thu) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Conche & Evreaux-Fauville Aerodrome-Recalled Did Not Drop Bombs
35 3 Sep 1943 (Fri) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Romilly-sur-Seine, France Airfield
37 7 Sep 1943 (Tue) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Brussels-Evere, Belgium Aerodrome
38 9 Sep 1943 (Thu) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Lille-Norde Aerodrome
40 16 Sep 1943 (Thu) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Nantes, France harbor Marshalling Yards and Dock Area
45 4 Oct 1943 (Mon) TG S/Sgt #42-29603 Frankfurt, Germany Industrial Area
46 8 Oct 1943 (Fri) TG S/Sgt #42-5824 Bremen, Germany Submarine Slips & Dock Area
47 9 Oct 1943 (Sat) TG S/Sgt #42-29877 Anklam, Germany Arado Aircraft Factory
48 10 Oct 1943 (Sun) TG S/Sgt #42-3532 Munster, Germany Railroad Marshalling Yards
51 3 Nov 1943 (Wed) TG S/Sgt #42-29852 Wilhelmshaven, Germany Harbor Area
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fire Ball
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
18 May 1921 | ||
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Died |
18 December 2017 | Union Parish, Louisiana | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 3 November 1943 |
Revisions
NARA files verified ASN and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. It appears he re-upped in 1946. He may have been eligible for the ADSM based on initial entry date, but his personnel records would determine that.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83167986/henry-cecil-gates
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "Missions" was misspelled.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
