James Carlisle Hensley Jr

Military
media-29383.jpeg UPL 29383 Carlisle Hensley is in front Row third from left. Taken right before final mission
JULIUS E. BASS CREW - 358th BS
(photo: 05 Feb 1944)
(Back L-R) 2Lt Matthew S. Zientar (B-POW), 2Lt Myron M. Goldman (CP-KIA),
1Lt Julius E. Bass (P-POW), 2Lt Milton B. Abernathy (N-POW)
(Front L-R) Sgt John P. Grsetic (RWG-POW), Sgt Michael J. Canale (LWG-POW),
S/Sgt James C. Hensley, Jr. (R-Evd-POW), Sgt Cyril J. Dockendorf (TG-POW),
S/Sgt Alfonso Quevedo (E-POW), Sgt Harold J. Brown (BT-POW)

National Archives

Object Number - UPL 29383 - Carlisle Hensley is in front Row third from left. Taken right before final mission JULIUS E. BASS CREW - 358th BS (photo: 05 Feb 1944) (Back L-R)...

Shot down by flak on a mission to Dyon, FR on 6 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97498 'Padded Cell'. Crew baled out and a/c crashed near Bricey. Prisoner of War (POW). Escaped with British sergeant, liberated by British Army in 1945.



POW



Damaged by fighters on a mission to Ascherleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31399, made a forced landing near Wijk bij Duurstede, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The wreckage of a B-17G Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31399) of the 303rd Bomb Group that has crash landed. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G 42-31399. 303 BG. 22-2-44. RNAF.'

42-31399

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

42-97498

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Padded cell ii
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baird, TX, USA 5 December 1920

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 6 February 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #212 on 6 Feb 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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I am his son

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personal photo

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Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2384, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 2645, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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