William Edison Henry

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57537.jpeg UPL 57537 Attended Regis High school in Denver, Colorado

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Object Number - UPL 57537 - Attended Regis High school in Denver, Colorado

Shot down by fighters and crashed into the Baltic on 20-jun-44 in B-24 44-40150. Killed in Action. Found dead on the coast of Skane after crash.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40150

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ruptured Duck
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Denver, Colorado 28 March 1921

Other

Killed in Action

Baltic Sea near Skane, Sweden 20 June 1944

Buried

Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, CO Re-Interred Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado

Based

North Pickenham 20 June 1944 Assigned to 856BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143007126/william-edison-henry

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In 1949 Willies mother Nellie Henry had his body reinterred at Mt Olivet Cemetery in Jefferson County, ,Colorado

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KIA on combat mission to oil refinery in Politz

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6775 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 57537 - Attended Regis High school in Denver, Colorado