Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
QUIRK, Henry Michael
Date of birth
1 December 1917
Age
25
Place of birth
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-792632
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
334th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 July 1943
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 23 2

Immediate family

Members
Michael D. Quirk (father)
Bessie (Turbet) Quirk (mother)
Mary E. (Doran) Quirk (step mother)
Alice Quirk (sister)
Mary Quirk (sister)
Elizabeth Quirk (sister)
Joseph S. Quirk (brother)
Charles Quirk (half-brother)
George Quirk (half-brother)
Robert Quirk (half-brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30304
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Hanover, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 1042

More information

1st Lt Henry M. Quirk graduated from Newton High School and attended M.I.T.

Circumstances not known as aircraft passed over the target, and no one saw it go down or out of formation; too busy with the enemy attack.

His half-brother Charles also served with the Air Corps. His airplane was shot down on 26 July 1943 and he was taken prisoner.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Newton North High school yearbook 1937, The Boston Globe - 29 July 1943