Henry Kubinski
MilitaryPersistant fighter attacks on a mission to Achmer a/f, GR on 21 Feb 1944 damaged B-24H # 42-7764 'Bag O' Bolts'. With one engine out and control cable damage, the a/c completed the bomb run but dropped out of formation on return and sustained further fighter attacks. A/c managed to return to the UK. Killed in Action (KIA). Baled or fell out of a/c over Holland.
AM, PH
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bag O Bolts
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
22 February 1944 | ||
Born |
Michigan | ||
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, H-6-18 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces