Henry T Wrzesinski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15063.jpeg UPL 15063 Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

Removed Homer Gentry, who did not die in this crash. According to his headstone application, accessed via ancestry.com, he died a year earlier and was a member of the 705th Squadron, not the 706th.

Object Number - UPL 15063 - Memorial on Green Lane, Redenhall, Suffolk, erected by Peter Kent, who was a boy at the time of the crash.

KIS in mid air collision over base while returning from Regensberg mission.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 August 1919

Enlisted

4 September 1943

Died

Green Lane, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9PS, UK 11 April 1945

Buried

Niles, Illinois, USA Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery Section 20 Lot 286.

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Added a location for the Buried event.

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).

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Findagrave memorial 126284000

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446th BG history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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