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Military
Place where 42-3436 crashed on October 14, 1943 - 13.45 h local time. Tail part in The Netherlands Nose part in Germany Missing - nose - Donald Paul Breeden/co-pilot Probably interred with Martin and/or Manley Source: George Kuhl - Wrong Place! Wrong Time! - page 149 KIA - nose - William James Martin/navigator - Harvey Arlie Manley/bombardier KIA - tail - Leonard Roy Henlin/left waist gunner - Robert G Wells /right waist gunner All others POW Krems /17b - Hosea Crawford - Dominic Lepore - Arthur Linrud - Benjamin Roberts Sagan/3 - Dennis McDarby
Grave of Leonard Roy Henlin - US Cemetery Margraten - grave B/21/26. He was first buried in Maastricht in plot CC at the 'Algemene Begraafplaats' - in grave CC 113 on October 19, 1943.
A view of plot CC of the General Cemetery in Maastricht with the military graves in 1945.
A view of the memorial stone and plaque at the day of the unveiling on 13-10-2018.
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.
More see http://home.kpn.nl/slang075/breeden-henlin.html
Group
The 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), nicknamed "Can Do" was activated 1-March-1942 at Salt Lake City Air Base, Utah which was their primary training base until 11-Jun-1942 when they relocated to Geiger Field, Washington until 29-Jun-1942, then on to...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/6/43; Redmond 15/8/43; Assigned 96BG 16/8/43; transferred 364BS/305BG [WF-R] Chelveston 18/9/43;
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4 October 1943
3 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched to join a night mission with the Royal Air Force (RAF) on Frankfurt-am-Main/Wiesbaden, Germany. One aircraft Failed to Return (FTR) 5KIA 5POW.
8 October 1943
The shipyards and industrial areas of Bremen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission, but cloud cover causes some formations to bomb targets of opportunity. The attacking elements have been summarized below:
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9 October 1943
This mission is composed of 6 elements. The first element is a combined force of 115 B-17s from: 303BG (20); 379BG (20); 384BG (21); 351BG (21); 91BG 16; and 381BG (16) dispatched to bomb the industrial areas of Anklam, Germany. 106 aircraft are...
10 October 1943
This mission was intended to be a massive attack of 307 B-17s on the railroad facilities and waterway (canals) at Munster, Germany. This attack was to be supported by a diversion 39 B-24s. The formation was attacked by hundreds of German fighters which...
14 October 1943
This was the 2nd mission flown against the ball bearing industry at Schweinfurt, Germany and was as equally disastrous as that flown on 17-Aug-43. It came to be known as "Black Thursday". While fighter escort was dispatched, bad weather and lack of...
Military site : airfield
Chelveston was adapted and expanded in preparation for the arrival of American forces. Rather than heavy bombers, the first aircraft to fly from its runways were C-47 Skytrains that were flown by the 60th Troop Carrier Group in July 1942. The first...
Crash site
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Esmond, Rhode Island, USA | 13 April 1911 |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Eygelshoven Netherlands | 14 October 1943 |
| Died | 14 October 1943 |
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| 15 November 2021 20:30:28 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| 07 January 2020 12:05:47 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to biography |
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wim slangen |
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| 24 April 2018 15:45:21 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to biography |
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Wim Slangen |
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| 30 December 2017 22:44:24 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to place associations |
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wim slangen |
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| 16 August 2016 12:34:25 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to media associations |
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Wim Slangen / Mrs Shirley Henlin |
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| 16 August 2016 12:31:10 | wimhm.slangen | Changes to middlename, biography, events and mission associations |
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Wim Slangen |
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| 29 March 2016 23:04:57 | rino62 | Changes to mission associations |
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American Battle Monuments Commission website |
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| 29 March 2016 21:58:21 | rino62 | Changes to biography |
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US Cemetery Margraten |
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| 29 March 2016 21:56:10 | rino62 | Changes to service number and awards |
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National Archives & Records Administration |
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| 29 March 2016 21:38:02 | rino62 | Changes to biography |
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US Military Cemetery |
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| 27 September 2014 18:18:39 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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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 |
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