Henry Potter Hambrick

Military

Assigned to 731st BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Continuous attacks by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, forced B-17G 42-31354 to make a forced landing SE of Magdeburg. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3191



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

People

Durward Lewis Sorensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36107992 / O-747352
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31354

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lounge Lizard, Dixie Jane
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Massachusetts, USA 22 September 1923 Son of Henry A and Helen A Hambrick.

Enlisted

Fort Rodman, New Bedford, MA 22 June 1942 Fort Rodman, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Other

Baled out POW

SE of Magdeburg, Germany 8 March 1944 Continuous attacks by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, forced B-17G 42-31354 to make a forced landing SE of Magdeburg. POW MACR 3191

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 8 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Pismo Beach, CA 21 March 2011 His wife Lois passed away 3 weeks prior to Henry.

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Deopham Green 8 March 1944 Assigned to 731st BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF.
Bristol, RI

Other

Married

San Fernando Valley, CA Married Lois Adele Donnelly.

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/37108837
https://www.fold3.com/record/83397475-henry-p-hambrick
https://www.fold3.com/image/193191458?rec=193191493
https://www.fold3.com/record/284535101-henry-potter-hambrick
http://www.merkki.com/PageH.htm
http://www.axpow.org/obits/multistyles2011.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66565484/lois-adele-hambrick

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3191 / MACR 3191, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database