Henry Rife Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURB-17G #42-31910 began losing altitude in the target area of Berlin and was attacked by fighters on the return, spun down, broke in two, and crashed near Hanover, GR on 4 Mar 1944. 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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Clarksburg, WV, USA | 31 October 1942 | |
Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
16 December 1943 | ||
Died |
4 March 1944 | ||
Born |
West Virginia, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia /
http://95thbg.org/j3migr/honor-roll
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2798, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces