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HENRY, Stanford W - Date of
birth
5 September 1923 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan -
Ethnicity
Native American
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16108561 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
511th Bombardment Squadron,
351st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
15 May 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, near Borkum Isle, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John Henry (father)
Ida F. (Krause) Henry (mother)
John Henry (brother)
Jeanette Henry (sister)
Ruth Henry (sister)
Philip Henry (brother)
Thoma Henry (sister)
Barbara Henry (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3173 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Spare Ball
Destination: Emden, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railroad yards
MACR:15581
More information
Stanford Henry was a maintenance painter.He enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 28 July 1942.
The airplane exploded in mid-air after it was hit by a bomb, dropped by another B-17 in the group. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Stanford Henry was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Archives.gov, Fold3.com, Ancestry.com - 1940 Census, IDPF
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kevin O'Brien (nephew)