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Personal info

Full name
HENDON, James William Jr "Rebel"
Date of birth
10 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cherokee County, Georgia
Hometown
Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34834337
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
550th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Slype-Middelkerke, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 9

Immediate family

Members
James William Hendon Sr. (father)
Willie C. (Fincher) Hendon (mother)
Helen C. Hendon (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38273
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Sugar-Jo
Destination: Ulm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 16036

More information

S/Sgt James W. Hendon Jr. was a student of The Citadel which would have graduated in 1946. He had also attended North Georgia College for the 1942-43 academic year.

The aircraft collided with airplane #42-38035 and both were totally destroyed.

Eight crew members were killed, one man survived.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Family Tree / MACR, http://thecitadelmemorialeurope.wordpress.com, www.findagrave.com - E. W. Hendon

Photo source: www.citadel.edu, Roger Long, www.findagrave.com - Tex*Oma / Roy Plog Collection, www.ancestry.com - North Georgia College Yearbook 1949