Murrel C Henry

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Missing in Action (MIA) in B17F 41-24469 while serving as Co-Pilot. Participated in Mission on 3 January 1943 to submarine yards at St. Nazaire, France was successful but this was one of 3 planes of the 306th forced to land at RAF Station St. Eval, Cornwall. Planes were weatherbound for 3 days there. Took off on the January 7, but weather closed in and Pilot Brandon was forced to return to St. Eval. One landing attempt was unsuccessful and plane pulled up to make a second attempt but was never seen or heard from again.



Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24469

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed on Mission (KOM)

Saint Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK 7 January 1943 Killed when aircraft crashed into the Celtic Sea near RAF St. Eval UK.

Born

Tennessee

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Jan-2015. Added SN per MACR 16102; added KOM event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; added crew position and minor edits to Description.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Chronology, MACR 16102, Combat Chronology Supplement p. 205, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey Vol. 1 p. 62 WWII Memorial web site. 306th BG Squadron Diaries 1942-45 p. 8 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia