Ernest H Henderson

Military

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30175. Prisoner of War (POW). Earlier 28 July 1943 B-17 42-3076 suffered severe flak damage on Kassel mission. Lieutenant Thomas and crew crash landed at RAF Station Hawkings, Kent. A/C burnt. Crew safe.

POW

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

367th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30175

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

42-3076

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

42-37759

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	14 October 1943

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Date

Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

14 October 1943

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Date29 Jan 2018 04:18:22

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:14

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 822 / MACR 822, Losses of the 8th & 9th AF Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 203, 320. 333 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database