Staff Sergeant Henry F. Bain Jr.
Entered the service from District of Columbia.
Service ID: 33750851.
531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Henry F. Bain, Jr (1924 Oregon) enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 33750851) on 23 November 1943 in Ft Myer, Virginia. He was single and had completed 4 years of high school. Henry was a draftsman.
He was assigned to the 531st Bomber Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces and sent to Australia in December 1944. S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain was a gunner assigned to "Connaughton's Crew (95)"on 20 December 1944. They flew B-24J Liberators on bombing missions out of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and covered the whole of the Dutch East Indies. They flew their first combat mission together as a crew (DAR VII-10) on 02 February 1945, a strike against Malimpoeng Airfield, Celebes, Dutch East Indies aboard B-24J-50-CO (S/N 42-73489) "HOT ROCKS". It was the 60th mission for the plane.
In February 1945, the 531st Bomber Squadron moved to Murtha Field (APO 321), San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Province, in the Philippines. Murtha Field was about 5 miles directly north of Mangarin Bay, on the west bank of Tabangan River. From there, Connaughton's Crew participated in strikes on Legaspi Port, Luzon; Okayama Airdrome, Formosa, Jitsuget Sutan Power Plant, Formosa, and Shinchiku Airdrome, Formosa "hammering Japanese ships, troops, and installations all over that area".
On June 18, 1945, Staff Sergeant, Henry F. Bain Jr. was the tail gunner aboard B-24J Liberator J-135-CO, (S/N 42-110115), with nose art, "Drunkard's Dream". At 0506 hours the plane took off from Murtha Field on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It "was seen to be airborne, then settled and crashed, exploding on impact about one-half mile from the northern end of the strip. The entire crew of eleven men were killed instantly." It was the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre.
FLIER KILLED IN MINDORO ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bain, 560 Hill street, received a telegram from the war department yesterday stating that their son, S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr., was killed in action June 18 on Mindoro island in the Philippines. Sergeant Bain was a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving with the 380th bomber group in the Fifth air force. Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), 11 July 1945, page 1.
Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
He was first buried in USAF Cemetery #1, in San Jose, Mindoro, P. I. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands - Block 2, Row 6, Grave 733 (D-D No. 3223). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Henry F. Bain), Staff Sergeant Henry F. Bain. Jr. was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 6, Grave 251.
Entered the service from District of Columbia.
Service ID: 33750851.
531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Henry F. Bain, Jr (1924 Oregon) enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 33750851) on 23 November 1943 in Ft Myer, Virginia. He was single and had completed 4 years of high school. Henry was a draftsman.
He was assigned to the 531st Bomber Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces and sent to Australia in December 1944. S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain was a gunner assigned to "Connaughton's Crew (95)"on 20 December 1944. They flew B-24J Liberators on bombing missions out of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and covered the whole of the Dutch East Indies. They flew their first combat mission together as a crew (DAR VII-10) on 02 February 1945, a strike against Malimpoeng Airfield, Celebes, Dutch East Indies aboard B-24J-50-CO (S/N 42-73489) "HOT ROCKS". It was the 60th mission for the plane.
In February 1945, the 531st Bomber Squadron moved to Murtha Field (APO 321), San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Province, in the Philippines. Murtha Field was about 5 miles directly north of Mangarin Bay, on the west bank of Tabangan River. From there, Connaughton's Crew participated in strikes on Legaspi Port, Luzon; Okayama Airdrome, Formosa, Jitsuget Sutan Power Plant, Formosa, and Shinchiku Airdrome, Formosa "hammering Japanese ships, troops, and installations all over that area".
On June 18, 1945, Staff Sergeant, Henry F. Bain Jr. was the tail gunner aboard B-24J Liberator J-135-CO, (S/N 42-110115), with nose art, "Drunkard's Dream". At 0506 hours the plane took off from Murtha Field on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It "was seen to be airborne, then settled and crashed, exploding on impact about one-half mile from the northern end of the strip. The entire crew of eleven men were killed instantly." It was the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre.
FLIER KILLED IN MINDORO ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bain, 560 Hill street, received a telegram from the war department yesterday stating that their son, S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr., was killed in action June 18 on Mindoro island in the Philippines. Sergeant Bain was a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving with the 380th bomber group in the Fifth air force. Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), 11 July 1945, page 1.
Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
He was first buried in USAF Cemetery #1, in San Jose, Mindoro, P. I. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands - Block 2, Row 6, Grave 733 (D-D No. 3223). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Henry F. Bain), Staff Sergeant Henry F. Bain. Jr. was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 6, Grave 251.
Staff Sergeant Henry F. Bain Jr.
Entered the service from District of Columbia.
Service ID: 33750851.
531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Henry F. Bain, Jr (1924 Oregon) enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 33750851) on 23 November 1943 in Ft Myer, Virginia. He was single and had completed 4 years of high school. Henry was a draftsman.
He was assigned to the 531st Bomber Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces and sent to Australia in December 1944. S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain was a gunner assigned to "Connaughton's Crew (95)"on 20 December 1944. They flew B-24J Liberators on bombing missions out of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and covered the whole of the Dutch East Indies. They flew their first combat mission together as a crew (DAR VII-10) on 02 February 1945, a strike against Malimpoeng Airfield, Celebes, Dutch East Indies aboard B-24J-50-CO (S/N 42-73489) "HOT ROCKS". It was the 60th mission for the plane.
In February 1945, the 531st Bomber Squadron moved to Murtha Field (APO 321), San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Province, in the Philippines. Murtha Field was about 5 miles directly north of Mangarin Bay, on the west bank of Tabangan River. From there, Connaughton's Crew participated in strikes on Legaspi Port, Luzon; Okayama Airdrome, Formosa, Jitsuget Sutan Power Plant, Formosa, and Shinchiku Airdrome, Formosa "hammering Japanese ships, troops, and installations all over that area".
On June 18, 1945, Staff Sergeant, Henry F. Bain Jr. was the tail gunner aboard B-24J Liberator J-135-CO, (S/N 42-110115), with nose art, "Drunkard's Dream". At 0506 hours the plane took off from Murtha Field on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It "was seen to be airborne, then settled and crashed, exploding on impact about one-half mile from the northern end of the strip. The entire crew of eleven men were killed instantly." It was the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre.
FLIER KILLED IN MINDORO ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bain, 560 Hill street, received a telegram from the war department yesterday stating that their son, S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr., was killed in action June 18 on Mindoro island in the Philippines. Sergeant Bain was a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving with the 380th bomber group in the Fifth air force. Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), 11 July 1945, page 1.
Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
He was first buried in USAF Cemetery #1, in San Jose, Mindoro, P. I. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands - Block 2, Row 6, Grave 733 (D-D No. 3223). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Henry F. Bain), Staff Sergeant Henry F. Bain. Jr. was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 6, Grave 251.
Entered the service from District of Columbia.
Service ID: 33750851.
531st Bomber Squadron, 380th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Henry F. Bain, Jr (1924 Oregon) enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 33750851) on 23 November 1943 in Ft Myer, Virginia. He was single and had completed 4 years of high school. Henry was a draftsman.
He was assigned to the 531st Bomber Squadron of the 380th Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces and sent to Australia in December 1944. S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain was a gunner assigned to "Connaughton's Crew (95)"on 20 December 1944. They flew B-24J Liberators on bombing missions out of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and covered the whole of the Dutch East Indies. They flew their first combat mission together as a crew (DAR VII-10) on 02 February 1945, a strike against Malimpoeng Airfield, Celebes, Dutch East Indies aboard B-24J-50-CO (S/N 42-73489) "HOT ROCKS". It was the 60th mission for the plane.
In February 1945, the 531st Bomber Squadron moved to Murtha Field (APO 321), San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Province, in the Philippines. Murtha Field was about 5 miles directly north of Mangarin Bay, on the west bank of Tabangan River. From there, Connaughton's Crew participated in strikes on Legaspi Port, Luzon; Okayama Airdrome, Formosa, Jitsuget Sutan Power Plant, Formosa, and Shinchiku Airdrome, Formosa "hammering Japanese ships, troops, and installations all over that area".
On June 18, 1945, Staff Sergeant, Henry F. Bain Jr. was the tail gunner aboard B-24J Liberator J-135-CO, (S/N 42-110115), with nose art, "Drunkard's Dream". At 0506 hours the plane took off from Murtha Field on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It "was seen to be airborne, then settled and crashed, exploding on impact about one-half mile from the northern end of the strip. The entire crew of eleven men were killed instantly." It was the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre.
FLIER KILLED IN MINDORO ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bain, 560 Hill street, received a telegram from the war department yesterday stating that their son, S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr., was killed in action June 18 on Mindoro island in the Philippines. Sergeant Bain was a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber, serving with the 380th bomber group in the Fifth air force. Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin), 11 July 1945, page 1.
Connaughton's Crew (95):
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
He was first buried in USAF Cemetery #1, in San Jose, Mindoro, P. I. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands - Block 2, Row 6, Grave 733 (D-D No. 3223). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Henry F. Bain), Staff Sergeant Henry F. Bain. Jr. was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot D, Row 6, Grave 251.
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