Henry W Dick
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
WIA. 16 Sept 1943 mission to La Pallice, FR. in B-17 #42-5904 'Gremlin Gus'. On return, crashed in Devonshire after scraping a hill top. Lieutenant Dick lost a leg.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057004 / O-664401
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20343323
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slightly Dangerous II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Olin's 69ers, Gremlin Gus II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlin Gus
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 15 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mineola, New York | 15 February 1916 | |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 30 June 1941 | |
Other Crashed/WIA |
Simonsbath, Minehead TA24, UK | 16 September 1943 | LT Dick was wounded in action which resulted in the loss of his left leg when his aircraft crashed on North Holcombe Hill, Simonsbath, Devonshire due to poor weather. |
Died |
28 May 1992 | ||
Nassau County, NY, USA |
Revisions
Added a "-" and a space to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Photograph of him after injuring wearing Captain's bars
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 285
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html