Henry L Gilbert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 340BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed To Return (FTR) navigation exercise to Burtonwood in B-17 41-9098. Weather was poor, almost certainly the red warning flares on North Wales border were missed by the crew, and so while continuing on their heading they crashed on the eastern side of Cadair Bronwen in the Berwyn Mountain range in North Wales. 11-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB)



Awards: PH.

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Marvin Albert Koepke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13042429
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Stanislas Lepa

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06132674
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Leonard Holm Phillips

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19039076 / O-443709
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Lawrence George Schmitt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15058310 / O-427391
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Wallace V Sidders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 1901534
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Jackson, MS, USA 26 April 1941

Died

Cadair Bronwen, Corwen LL21 0ND, UK 11 August 1942 Failed To Return (FTR) navigation exercise to Burtonwood in B-17 41-9098. Poor weather caused crash on Cadair Bronwen, Wales. 11-Aug-42. DNB.

Buried

13 August 1942 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Assumption Parish, LA, USA

Born

Baton Rouge, LA, USA Son of James W and Seloise A Gilbert.

Based

Polebrook 11 August 1942 Assigned to 340BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF.

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1st Combat Wing, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 25 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia