Leonard Roy Henlin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 23102
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3436. Killed in Action (KIA).
Buried at Margraten American Cemetery The Netherlands Plot B Row 21 Grave 26
He is supposed to being killed in mid air on his gun position (waist left) by enemy action (Crawford in MACR 1034).
Born on April 13th 1911, from Smithfield in Providence County, Rhode Island, where he also enlisted on September 4 1942. With his 32 years Henlin was the senior of this crew.
Prior to entering the service he worked as a spinner at the Esmond Mills, and played base ball with the Greenville Townies. Mr Henlin received his training at Army Air Bases in Nebraska, Washington and Long Beach, California.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Esmond, Rhode Island, USA | 13 April 1911 | |
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Died |
14 October 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Eygelshoven Netherlands | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1034 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
