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Personal info

Full name
HENIG, Edward
Date of birth
28 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
New York, New York County, New York
Hometown
New York, New York County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-755687
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
549th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1944
Place of death
700 meters east of Saint-Martin-Boulogne, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 13 49

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Henig (father)
Mary Henig (mother)
Irving Henig (brother)
Jesse Henig (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31751
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Area of Pas de Calais, France
Mission: Bombing of a V-1 launch site
MACR: 2883

More information

2nd Lt Edward Henig graduated from college and was an engineer.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Fort Hayes, Ohio on 22 May 1942.

The airplane received a direct hit from enemy anti-aircraft fire in the forward part where the wings join to the fuselage. The nose was blown off. The aircraft went down in flames and disintegrated into small pieces.

Two crew members were taken prisoner, and eight men were killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Marquise, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbook