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Personal info

Full name
NOLL, Henry W Jr
Date of birth
6 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
12186264
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
727th Bombardment Squadron,
451st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1944
Place of death
15 miles south of Petisti, Romania

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 41 31

Immediate family

Members
Henry W. Noll (father)
Donald Noll (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-64442
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Super Moose
Destination: Ploesti, Romania
MACR: 4081

More information

T/Sgt Henry W. Noll Jr. enlisted on 16 November 1942.

Statement from Edward A. Zraick, 1st Lt, Air Corps, Squadron S-2:
"On 5 April 1944, airplane No. 42-64442, with 1st Lt Claremont D. Brownell as pilot, took off as a spare ship in the first attack unit of the 451st Bomber Group. None of the other members of the formation could recall, at interrogation, where the aircraft was last seen, and no information could be obtained concerning whether or not it was shot down by enemy aircraft. As a consequence, undersigned, in the lack of knowledge of what actually happened, listed the ship as Missing."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, norwalkctheroes.org, ancestry.com - New York Birth Index

Photo source: www;findagrave.com, Norwalk Hour - 15 July 1944