Francis Alan Hentges

Military
media-19010.jpeg UPL 19010 42-29656 nose art

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Object Number - UPL 19010 - 42-29656 nose art

Francis Hentges was Tail Gunner on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed NNW of Mons, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2460. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Billie Laurence Ramsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15354408
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ernest Bonillas Serna

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39531503
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ober Lawrence Torvik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19069446
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Rex Wertman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35743312
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 12 March 1922

Enlisted

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 16 January 1941 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland 20 February 1944 Immediately captured after landing in Belgium. Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945”

Died

Tacoma, Kent County, Washington, United States 14 April 2004

Buried

Tacoma National Cemetery, Washington, United States

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Corrected birth date (WWII Draft Registration Card)

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MACR 2460
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2460 / MACR 2460, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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