Henry Shecut Ethridge

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wilhelmshaven Mid air collision near Rustringen in B-17 #43-38457 Baled out over North sea Killed in Action (KIA) 31-Dec-44. MACR 11359.

Initially recorded MIA and then as Finding of Death (FOD).



Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38457

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nine Lives
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

772

  • Date: 31 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA 28 September 1924 Son of Henry Eugene and Dora Lee [Dukes] Ethridge.

Enlisted

Fort Jackson Blvd, Columbia, SC, USA 10 April 1943 Fort Jackson Columbia South Carolina

Died

Frisian Islands 31 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Wilhelmshaven Mid air collision near Rustringen in B-17 #43-38457 Baled out over North sea Killed in Action (KIA) 31-Dec-44. MACR 11359.

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 31 December 1944 Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Netherlands

Buried

Orangeburg, SC, USA Memorialised Sunnyside Cemetery Orangeburg Orangeburg County South Carolina, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310953024?terms=Henry%20S%20Ethridge
https://www.fold3.com/record/529875746-henry-s-ethridge
https://www.fold3.com/record/88233700-henry-s-ethridge
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56298541
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74536243

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11359 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database