Robert Franklin Henry

Military
media-21050.jpeg UPL 21050 10/14/1979 article including RFH's mission and POW status. Robert Franklin Henry

Newspaper article from 10/14/1979.

Object Number - UPL 21050 - 10/14/1979 article including RFH's mission and POW status.

Shot down 14 October 1943 returning from Schweinfurt, Germany, in B-17 #4230040 'Wabbit-Twacks III. ' Was with French underground 7 mo. Captured on Spanish border. Held by Gestapo 3 mo. in France at Toulouse Prison and Freshes Prison in Paris. Was a Prisoner of War (POW) until liberated by British 2nd Army on 2 May 1945 after walking 8 hundred miles across north Germany.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The nose art of B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30040) nicknamed "Wabbit Twacks III" of the 96th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image is obscured.

42-30040

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly Commando : Wabbit Twacks III
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 14 September 1915

Died

Pennsylvania, USA 1 July 2009

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 14 October 1943

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Submitted by grandson.

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Corrected DOB

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 837 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 837; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61 & 75

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