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Personal info

Full name
HAINES, Rolland M
Date of birth
2 February 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Sedgwick County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O-728860
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
359th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 June 1943
Place of death
Aschhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 18 6

Immediate family

Members
Edward Haines (father)
Sadie (Maxwell) Haines (mother)
George Haines (brother)
Edward Haines (brother)
Robert Haines (brother)
Josephine Haines (sister)
Fred Haines (brother)
Lillian A. Haines (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5430
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Pappy aka Good Enuf
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the submarine slips and docks
MACR: 15228

More information

Rolland M. Haines was an electrician.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 28 June 1941.

The aircraft was hit by flak immediately after dropping its bombs. The #1 and #3 engines were throwing oil and power was lost. It went into a steep dive and then leveled out. At this time they were attacked by FW-190s. Shortly after the German fighter attack, seven crewmen bailed out.

Four crew members were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Bad-Zwischenahn, Germany.

Six men survived and were taken prisoner.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930 Census, http://airforce.togetherweserved.com

Photo source: Michel Beckers