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REYNOLDS, Henry Grady - Date of
birth
30 October 1916 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama -
Hometown
Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-670251 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 December 1943 - Place of
death
Nort Sea, off the shore of Onival, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 32 | 16 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Henry G. Reynolds (father)
Estella (Morgan) Reynolds (mother)
Morgan Reynolds (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31121 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Mission: Bombing of the C.A.M. ball bearings works
MACR: 1673
More information
2nd Lt. Reynolds Henry G. Reynolds graduated from University of Alabama with a law degree in January 1942.He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on 19 March 1942.
Lt Reynolds had already had one close call previously on 30 October 1943, when the plane he was in, had to make a forced landing.
On 16 December 1943, another B-17 he was in, was crippled, and barely made it across the English Channel for the crew members to bail out on dry land. All landed safely. Apparently Lt Reynolds landed in the English countryside and had to convince a farmer lady that he was an American by offering her some American chewing gum.
The airplane was hit by flak and attacked by a Fw190 of JG 2/9, flown by Karl Tscheliesnig. It crashed into the North Sea, off the shore of Onival, France. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.fold3.com, University of Alabama - 1941