Henry T Wrzesinski
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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.
KIS in mid air collision over base while returning from Regensberg mission.
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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
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Harleston
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. |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" (Regensberg misspelled).
ContributorAAM
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446th BG history / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia