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RUBLEWSKY, Henry Andrew - Date of
birth
17 november 1913 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Middlesex Borough, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32607852 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
366th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 May 1944 - Place of
death
Baltic Sea, off the coast of Sassnitz, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Michael Rublewsky (father)
Ahappa Rublewsky (mother)
Harry Rublewsky (brother)
Joseph Rublewsky (brother)
Veronica (Lucinskas) Rublewsky (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38176 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Our Baby
Destination: Cottbus, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Focke-Wulf aviation industry
MACR: 5337
More information
T/Sgt. Henry A. Rublewsky graduated from Metuchen High School in 1934 where he was a member of the track team. He worked as a flame cutter.He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 15 January 1943.
The aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters just after the target. It kept in the formation untill 14.22 hours, at 5455N-1330E, where ten parachutes were seen to come out. Immediately after, the aircraft went out of control, lost altitude, and hit the water, and exploded. All ten parachutes landed in the water close to land and several boats were seen nearby. Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight men were killed. The deceased men that could be recovered were buried at the New Cemetery of Wiek on Rügen Island on 30 May 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Metuchen High School yearbook, 1934