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HENEGHAN, Floyd Philip - Date of
birth
26 April 1921 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Jersey Township, Jersey County, Illinois -
Hometown
Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-810368 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
505th Fighter Squadron,
339th Fighter Group
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 May 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel, near the French-Belgian border
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Gus F. Heneghan (father)
Norma Z. Heneghan (mother)
Sherald F. Heneghan (brother)
Lloyd S. Heneghan (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-106678 -
Data
Type: P-51B
Destination: Area between Dresden and Leipzig, Germany
Mission: Strafing attacks against railway stock and grounded aircraft
MACR: 4985
More information
2nd Lt Floyd P. Heneghan was a clerk.He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve at Scott Field, Illinois, on 11 May 1942.
The mission took place on 21 May 1944, but the official date of death of Lt Heneghan is registered on a day later.
On the return flight, other pilots in the group heard an unknown call, probably of Lt Heneghan, saying he was wounded and bailing out over the English Channel near the French-Belgian border. Nothing was heard from him again.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census
Photo source: Jac Engels, Jamaes Bosworth, Patty Meado