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Personal info

Full name
HENDRICKSON, Milton C
Date of birth
23 November 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Hazen, Allegany County, Maryland
Hometown
Confluence, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
6999785
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Engineer
Unit
358th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 May 1944
Place of death
The highway at Albrechtshain, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 5 1

Immediate family

Members
Richard B. Anderson (father)
Ellen G. (Bech) Anderson (mother)
May E. Anderson (sister)
Virginia E. Anderson (sister)
Viola M. Anderson (sister)
Richard B. Anderson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-107028
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Dessau, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 5340

More information

Milton C. Hendrickson enlisted on 27 November 1941. As an aviation cadet he was assigned to Maxwell Field in Alabama for pre-flight training.

The plane received direct flak hit to the no.4 engine at 14:25 in the vicinity of Leipzig, Germany. The right wing immediately caught fire. The B-17 slid under the formation, the right wing came off, it rolled over on its back and the tail came off at the rear entrance door. The plane crashed.

Six crew members were killed and were buried at the cemetery of Beucha on 31 May 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.303rdbg.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.303rdbg.com