Milton C Hendrickson
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: 2Lt Alvin Determan, 2Lt Ervin Pfahler, 2Lt Jackson Palmer, 1Lt Lamar Ledbetter.
Front L-R: S/Sgt Milton Hendrickson, Sgt Robert Asman, Sgt Manuel Vasquez, Sgt Acel Livingston, Sgt Wayne Cope, Sgt Albert Carroccia.
Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Liepzig in B-17 42-107028 28-May-44; shot down. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5340
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17079318 / O-753987
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hazen, 34, Bedford Rd, MD 21502, USA | 23 November 1921 | Son of Milton C Hendrickson and Ellen Gertrude [Beck] Anderson. |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 27 November 1941 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Leipzig, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-107028. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5340 |
Buried |
Beucha, Germany | 30 May 1944 | Interred Beucha cemetery |
Confluence, PA 15424, USA | |||
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Plot P Row 5 Grave 1 | |
Based |
Molesworth | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5340 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database