Henry Richard Zwicker
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 60330 - 1st Lt Henry R. Zwicker
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 41-24235.
Killed in Action (KIA), 1-Oct-43, on a mission to Weiner Neustadt. B-24 42-72853 'Count Bruga' was attacked by several fighters and crashed in the target area.
Awards: DFC, AM(OLC), PH.
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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
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pendleton, Oregon | 12 April 1918 | |
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Died Killed in action |
1 October 1943 | ||
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Buried |
1 January 1949 | See detailed biography at: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=zwicker&GSfn=henry&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=44921168&df=all& |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Burial detail added fromn http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=zwicker&GSfn=henr…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6452,44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy pp. 131-132, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 298-9
