Landon Clifford Hendricks
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 30709 - Major Hendricks. 381st BG. Squadron Commander 533rd BS. Photo from "The Mighty Men of the 381st: Heroes All" by Dr. James Good Brown.
Pilot, Hendricks/ Withers crew. Squadron Commander. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. Killed in Action (KIA).
Major Hendricks was returning from the mission with the #1 engine smoking after a rocket attack. As they flew out over the North Sea, he figured he was out of fighter danger and pulled out of formation as to not slow down the group. Command was transferred to Lt Gleichauf and Major Hendricks waved his hand out of the pilot's window to urge the formation on. Soon the aircraft was attacked by fighters who started the #2 and #3 engines aflame. Six parachutes were observed. The aircraft exploded as it hit the water. Name on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge AMC.
West Virginia
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12064208
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731137
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741891
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot, Tail Gunner, Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731041
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pike County, Kentucky, USA | 14 June 1919 | |
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Died |
9 October 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Updated the Born event and middle name and Added a cemetery to the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56290615.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290615/landon-clifford-hendricks
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
