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Detail page crash 22-Jun-1943
| CrashID | 536 |
| Date | 22-Jun-1943 |
| Time | 09:30 |
| Location | Hoek/Boerengat |
| Airplane | Boeing |
| Type / model | B-17F-80-BO Vliegend Fort |
| Serial number | 42-30016 |
| Registration number | VE-M "IRON GUT GERT" |
| Group | 381st BG USAAF |
| Squadron | 532nd BS USAAF |
| Base | Ridgewell |
| Mission | USAAF Mission # 65 Bombardement General Motors en Ford fabrieken te Antwerpen.42 B-17's |
| Target | Antwerpen |
| Crew | Lt. Earl. R. Horr POW 2/Lt.William R Roberts POW 2/Lt. George P Griffith O-738839 MIA 2/Lt. Chester L Hoover POW S/Sgt Glenn A Chapin POW S/Sgt Robert N Mandell POW S/Sgt Charles P Henry KIA S/Sgt Everett I Hodsdon POW S/Sgt Hubert R Clark POW S/Sgt Arthur A Jones POW MACR 134 |
| Cemeteries | 2/Lt. George P Griffith MIA. Zijn naam staat vermeld op The Wall of The Missing te Margraten. S/Sgt Charles P Henry KIA. Charles Patrick Henry geb. 2 feb 1918 ovl. 22 juni 1943 (25 jaar) Hij is begraven te Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery in Roscoe, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA. |
| Brief description of the crash | |
Extensive description of the crash (.pdf)  |
536-story.pdf  |
| Extra documentation | 536-Henry Family grave.jpg 536-Henry.jpg |
| Museum piece 1 |  |
| Museum piece 1 description | Het MACR 134 kan in zijn geheel in het museum geraadpleegd worden. |
| Locatie on map |  |