Harold Herman Henderson
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 4 March 1943 in B-17F 42-5370, 91BG/324BS while serving as Pilot. The crew's mission was the marshalling yards at Hamm, Germany. The plane was shot down by fighters in the Texel Island area of Holland. Body washed ashore and was buried in the Military Cemetery on Borkum Island, Germany on 26-Jun-43 Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Buried |
Borkum, Germany | 26 June 1943 | He was found washed ashore on the island of Borkum and buried in the Military Cemetery of Borkum Island. |
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Born |
Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Texel, Netherlands | 4 March 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea near Texel Island, Holland. |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Corrected rank per MACR 16102; Added connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added A/C model number, corrected aircraft TN, unit association, crew position and loss and burial details to Summary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE, also MAC 16102.
Added Burial detail from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=henderson&GSfn=ha…;
Burial details added from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=henderson&GSfn=ha…;
Temporary burial details added with information from http://www.airmen.dk/p139.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16102 / MACR 16102, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p 88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar Appendix 4 Roll of Honor, The 91st Bomb Group by Burdick p. 113, National WWII monument web site entries / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database