Raymond Kenneth Haines

Military

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle. Sole survivor. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4587

Award: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

612th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39943

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Ann Arbor, Michigan	22 November 1921	Son of Harold Lee and Acenith Amanda [Ware] Haines.
Enlisted	Detroit, MI	25 June 1942	Detroit, Michigan
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	7 May 1944 - 26 May 1945	Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Other Baled out POW	Hohnebostel, Germany	7 May 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; baled out POW MACR 4587
Died	Hoover, Jefferson County, AL	21 February 1988
Buried		24 February 1988	Cremation.
Based	Deenethorpe	7 May 1944	Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date14 Oct 2021 19:24:49

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29032310
https://www.fold3.com/record/46045589/raymond-k-haines-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84408418/raymond-k-haines-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199815626/raymond-kenneth-haines

Date2 Jun 2021 20:29:24

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date11 Apr 2016 15:25:00

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Also see: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=71577

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:11

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4587, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1253