481st Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion
Battalion
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Snetterton
Military site : non-airfield
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Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green Weenie” B-17G-90-BO (6/10)
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Sgt Henry "Hank" Stryker, 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 337th Bombardment Squadron Enlisted 15 Jan 1942, Honorably Discharged 10 Sep 1945 Not dated, but probably 1942 In possession of Kimberly Stryker
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Army Class 26.- 42, graduated August 8, 1942 from Boeing School of Aeronautics, Oakland, California (of which Henry "Hank" Stryker was a graduate). Unknown photographer In possession of Andrew Stryker
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Probably A
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Henry "Hank" Stryker, 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 337th Bombardment Squadron. Unknown date, location, or photographer. In possession of Kimberly Stryker
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Henry "Hank" Stryker, 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 337th Bombardment Squadron. Unknown date or photographer. Probably taken in Oakland, California at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in 1942. In possession of Andrew Strykerr
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News article clippings (probably from Imlay City Times or Lapeer Press in Michigan), not dated, from a scrapbook kept by the Stryker family. In possession of Andrew Stryker
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Henry "Hank" Stryker, 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 337th Bombardment Squadron. Unknown location, date, or photographer. In possession of Kimberly Stryker
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"Flak Happy" (42-30367), 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 337th Bombardment Squadron at Snetterton Heath Airfield, England. Unknown date or photographer. In possession of Kimberly Stryker
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Henry "Hank" Stryker, 8th Air Force, 96th Bombardment Group, 337th Bombardment Squadron at Snetterton Heath Airfield, England. Unknown date or photographer. In possession of Kimberly Stryker
Detailed history
Exact location unknown.
English Heritage's record description
Not yet known
Service
People
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David Babcock
Military | Staff Sergeant | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
Flew on 18 missions -
George Bachman
Military | Technical Sergeant | B17 Engineer | 96th Bomb Group
Parents: George and Pauline (Matthias) Bachman they were married in March 1911 ... -
Murray Bader
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39816. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). -
James Brady
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39816. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. KIA. Still Listed as Missing In Action (MIA)-Unrecoverable. -
Howard Brown
Military | Captain | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Assigned Oct 1944. March 19, 1945, Glen Wallace wrote in his diary, "What a screwed-up mission! Briefed to hit Rhuland, but didn't. Made a run over it and caught pretty accurate flak. Then we made a run on a secondary and caught more. We also we -
Francis Driscoll
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39816. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. KIA. Still Listed as Missing In Action (MIA)-Unrecoverable. -
Walter Gookin
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39816. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. KIA. Still Listed as Missing In Action (MIA)-Unrecoverable. -
Raymond Heilmann
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-39816. Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. KIA. Still Listed as Missing In Action (MIA)-Unrecoverable. -
James Hentges
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 96th Bomb Group
F/O James (Jim) N. Hentges (USAAF) WWII Veteran and POW. ... -
James MacConnell
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 96th Bomb Group
Shot down 1 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31152. Prisoner of War (POW). Member of the Eugene W. Dingledine crew. Made Prisoner of War. See entry for Eugene W. Dingledine at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fdingleew.html POW
Aircraft
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42-102735 I'll Be Around
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered MacDill 31/3/44; Bismark 5/4/44; MacDill 10/4/44; 4050 BU Daniel 6/11/44; 325 BU Avon Park 22/11/44; 554 BU Memphis 5/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 12/12/45. -
42-107123
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 2 March 1944; Kansas City 7 March 1944; Grenier 21 April 1944. Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 25 April 1944 (no operations). Transferred 339BS/96BG [BX- ] Horham 28 April 1944. Missing in Action Brux, Czechoslovakia, 12 May 1944 with Pilot... -
42-107203
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 20/3/44; Kearney 3/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-Z] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Lt Landrun but ret 24/11/44; declared WW 23/12/44 and became group’s weather ship; landing gear collapsed... -
42-29529 NORA 2
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 31/12/42; Salina 10/1/43; Morrison 5/3/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG Thurleigh 24/3/43; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-L] Chelveston 10/43; then to 545BS/384BG [JD-U] Grafton Underwood 6/11/43; returning from Bremen 13/12/43... -
42-29734
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/2/43; Walker 23/2/43; Smoky Hill 28/3/43; Presque 8/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 22/4/43; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Missing in Action Emden 21/5/43 with Capt Gil Stephenson, Co-pilot: Don Aulenbach, Navigator: Gene McGowen,... -
42-29756 Big Chief II
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/43; Walker 26/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Mitchell 8/4/43; Assigned 339BS/96BG [QJ- ] Grafton Underwood 20/4/43; Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Bill McKell, Co-pilot: Chas Sweeney, Navigator: Stewart Bachtelle, Bombardier: Alf... -
42-29761 Martha II, Lucky Lady
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/2/43; Walker 27/2/43; Salina 10/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 338BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 17/4/43 RUTH L II (re-named LUCKY LADY); transferred 533BS/381BG [VP-W] Ridgewell 14/7/43; Missing in Action 28m Brunswick 30/1/44 with... -
42-29975 Rum Boogie III
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Memphis 12/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG Grafton Underwood 21/4/43 RUM BOOGIE 3rd; Andrews Fd 13/5/43; Snetterton 12/6/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW-F] Alconbury 23/7/43; when war weary... -
42-30356 TARFU II
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 5/6/43; Dow Fd 20/6/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-B] 3/7/43; detailed Oschersleben 28/7/43 with Carrol Bender, Co-pilot: Lewis Feldstein, rest unknown, after jettisoning bombs in The Wash crash... -
42-30367 Flak Happy
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/5/43; Gore 1/6/43; Smoky Hill 2/6/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-Y] Snetterton 1/7/43; Missing in Action Bremen 8/10/43 with Edmund Bolstad, Co-pilot: Harry Sharpe, Navigator: Jim Montague, Bombardier:...
