Paul Kenneth Haynes

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media-39776.jpeg UPL 39776 Corporal Paul K Haynes, Waist Gunner aboard B17 44-6133. Photo taken by 2nd Lt Theodore "Teddy" Chronopolis, 44-6133's Bombardier, during a training flight about a month before they left for England.

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Object Number - UPL 39776 - Corporal Paul K Haynes, Waist Gunner aboard B17 44-6133. Photo taken by 2nd Lt Theodore "Teddy" Chronopolis, 44-6133's Bombardier, during a training...

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 2nd mission. Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Due to extensive Flak damage, A/C collided with 42-97942 and crashed at Allhallows-On-Sea, Kent. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Theodore Chronopolos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11121261 / O-704164
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Nose Gunner

William Henry Hagar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William J Hager

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15133310 / O-701755
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Armand John Ramacitti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16035502 / O-759660
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Donald F Watson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-716559
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

44-6133

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

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Document 39809

  • Media Type: Document
  • Object Number: Document 39809
  • Description: Local Newspaper cutting telling Richard Ritter's story. Image Alan Jasper/Geoff Burke, Via Mitch Peeke.

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Toledo, OH 4 November 1923 Son of Muriel Haynes.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 17 June 1943 Boston, Massachusetts

Died

Thames Estuary 19 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zudausques mission in B-17 44-6133; Mid air collision Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6984

Buried/ Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery 20 June 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery Plot E Row 2 Grave 11
Weston, MA

Based

Kimbolton 19 June 1944 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/687069967
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290556/paul-k-haynes

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Mitch Peeke.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28680891
https://www.fold3.com/record/85774416-paul-k-haynes
https://www.fold3.com/record/529899307-paul-k-haynes
https://www.fold3.com/image/310953054?rec=300726782
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290556

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / see Losses of the 8th & 9th page 395

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