Gordon Rudolph Hendricksen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-57280.jpeg)
Mrs Lori Hendricksen Kruger / Wim Slangen
Object Number - UPL 57280 - Gordon E Hendricksen He came over into the USAAF from the Jackson National Guard.
Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-37802, Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
Connections
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 338th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395037.jpg?itok=qEsi3d2Q)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395035.jpg?itok=01faXuTd)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33236676
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
![Jack Cozette](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-40344.jpeg?itok=ktXnvCl-)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14181902
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
![Lewis DeVoe](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-08/56289105_2f1aa952-a1c0-49fe-b8c5-a9dfdcaa0177.png?itok=W1YccbTV)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39185117
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18156592
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
![James Rose](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-08/56293884_f916dda7-f774-4e4a-aeff-6969fa76a03d.png?itok=Zq2ZgaSg)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19084329 / O-679229
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-17399.jpeg?itok=XsUKqCxR)
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
![B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Group at Snetterton Heath. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'BX dispersals Snetterton.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387762.jpg?itok=6qmmc7q1)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Jackson, Minnesota | 23 February 1919 | Born Jackson, Minnesota |
Enlisted |
Jackson, Minnesota | 10 February 1941 | Enlisted Jackson, Minnesota |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 29 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA) North Sea |
Buried/ Commemorated Tablets of the Missing |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambridgeshire | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290616/gordon-r-hendricksen
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1390; Snetterton Falcons, pg 61 and 81