Michael Raymond Henneberry
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW).
Missing Air crew Report #838
POW
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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: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735151
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676345
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37128669
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: MOS 748 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798966
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14139217
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mount Vernon, New York, USA | 3 February 1920 | |
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Other Assigned |
3 September 1943 | Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Gordon Williams Crew. Four combat mission. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 29 June 1946 | Residence: Westchester County, New York Private, Air corps Second Enlistment |
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Died |
6 January 1989 | Burial: Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Section 67 Site 3685 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 838 / MACR 838, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database