Collis Prentis Haynes Jr

Military
media-51416.jpeg UPL 51416 2nd Lt Collis P Haynes, 334BS, 95BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 51416 - 2nd Lt Collis P Haynes, 334BS, 95BG

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 25 missions. After his tour of duty, recommended to return to the US to become an instructor in Flying Training Command.

7-Apr-43, B-17 42-3090 'Taint-a-bird' force landed near Clonakilty, County Cork Ireland. Crew was safe. RTD

B-17 42-3267 ditched in Bay of Biscay out of fuel 28-Jun-43. All on board returned. Returned to base. RTD

Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Post war: Married and had five daughters. He was a respected Certified Public Accountant in private practice in El Campo, Texas for 35 years. After retirement, with his wife moved to their ocean-view home in Mendocino, California.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

William K Thomas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-791163
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-29787

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wilder Nell II
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron

42-30219

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

42-30342

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron

42-3090

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: T'aint A Bird
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron

42-3267

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Harley Charley
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Port Arthur, TX 16 January 1920 Son of Collis Prentis Sr.

Enlisted

Houston, TX 17 December 1941 Houston, Texas

Based

Horham 13 May 1943 - 23 September 1943 Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Mendocino, CA 13 September 2000

Buried

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Santa Rosa, CA Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Santa Rosa, California

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, suffix, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/624721451
https://www.fold3.com/record/58907937/collis-p-haynes-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84776838/collis-p-haynes-jr-wwii-army-enli…
https://www.fold3.com/record/713582069/haynes-collis-p-us-veterans-grav…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/2851
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229953285/collis-prentis-haynes

Date
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to service number and biography
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/2851

Date
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to highest rank, biography, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 101, 169 (gives surname as 'Hayes').

Date
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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