Vernon A Meierhenry

Military
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Object Number - UPL 16375

Member of Herrmann crew



Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure. Everyone on crew killed except the pilot. Plane 'Miss-B-Havin'



Killed when B-17 #43-38137 crashed on takeoff at Woodhall Farm, Sudbury on 15 October 1944.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38137

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nebraska 21 August 1922

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Sudbury, Suffolk 15 October 1944

Buried

Plot D Row 3 Grave 7

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

 

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Find A Grave Memorial# 56292422
http://www.usaafdata.com
American Battle Monuments Commission
Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories, Ian McLachlan & Russell J Zorn, ©1991, 2012

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Son, Mark Vernon Meierhenry / WWW.486th.org roster

Vernon A Meierhenry: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 15414 - On the outside wall of Tesco's at Sudbury.