Nose Turret Gunner S/Sgt Clarence Henderson,
Hometown:Pennsylvania
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 33326052
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot 1/Lt Alton C.Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target:Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
"Big Week" begins a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. 389th loses 7 a/c. on this mission.
Navigator 2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry KIA
Hometown: Lowell, MA
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-671214
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
Shot down by fighters after leaving the target area. Exploded in mid-air and crashed near Finsterbergen, 10 miles south-west of Gotha, Germany. 9 KIA / 2 POW.
"Big Week" a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. Seven 389th aircraft lost to enemy fighters this day.
Lt. Belanger Crew
1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. George W. Rutledge Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Harold T. Raynie Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Oren J. Howard Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence W. Henderson Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Ernest C. Stearns Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Felice J. Vitale Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Louis B. Johnson Jr. Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Phillip A Martin Gunner POW
Hometown:Pennsylvania
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 33326052
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot 1/Lt Alton C.Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target:Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
"Big Week" begins a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. 389th loses 7 a/c. on this mission.
Navigator 2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry KIA
Hometown: Lowell, MA
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-671214
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
Shot down by fighters after leaving the target area. Exploded in mid-air and crashed near Finsterbergen, 10 miles south-west of Gotha, Germany. 9 KIA / 2 POW.
"Big Week" a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. Seven 389th aircraft lost to enemy fighters this day.
Lt. Belanger Crew
1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. George W. Rutledge Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Harold T. Raynie Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Oren J. Howard Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence W. Henderson Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Ernest C. Stearns Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Felice J. Vitale Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Louis B. Johnson Jr. Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Phillip A Martin Gunner POW
Nose Turret Gunner S/Sgt Clarence Henderson,
Hometown:Pennsylvania
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 33326052
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot 1/Lt Alton C.Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target:Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
"Big Week" begins a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. 389th loses 7 a/c. on this mission.
Navigator 2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry KIA
Hometown: Lowell, MA
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-671214
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
Shot down by fighters after leaving the target area. Exploded in mid-air and crashed near Finsterbergen, 10 miles south-west of Gotha, Germany. 9 KIA / 2 POW.
"Big Week" a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. Seven 389th aircraft lost to enemy fighters this day.
Lt. Belanger Crew
1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. George W. Rutledge Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Harold T. Raynie Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Oren J. Howard Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence W. Henderson Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Ernest C. Stearns Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Felice J. Vitale Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Louis B. Johnson Jr. Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Phillip A Martin Gunner POW
Hometown:Pennsylvania
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 33326052
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Pilot 1/Lt Alton C.Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target:Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
"Big Week" begins a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. 389th loses 7 a/c. on this mission.
Navigator 2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry KIA
Hometown: Lowell, MA
Squadron: 567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-671214
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger, KIA Duluth, MN
Target Gotha, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2941
Date Lost: 24-Feb-44
Serial Number: 42-73504
Aircraft Model B-24J-50-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y-
Aircraft Name:
Location: Crashed at Gotha, Germany
Cause: German fighters 8 KIA, 3 POW.
Shot down by fighters after leaving the target area. Exploded in mid-air and crashed near Finsterbergen, 10 miles south-west of Gotha, Germany. 9 KIA / 2 POW.
"Big Week" a week of concentrated attacks on the German aircraft industries. Seven 389th aircraft lost to enemy fighters this day.
Lt. Belanger Crew
1st/Lt. Alton C. Belanger Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. George W. Rutledge Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Edward A. Barry Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Harold T. Raynie Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Oren J. Howard Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence W. Henderson Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Ernest C. Stearns Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Felice J. Vitale Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Louis B. Johnson Jr. Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Phillip A Martin Gunner POW
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 United States Federal Census
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Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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