Henry, Kenneth Roland
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-09-30
Birth Date: 1921-December-04
Born: Riverside Township, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
Son of Leland Martin Henry and Dorothy Widger Henry, of Iowa Falls, Iowa,
Home: Iowa Falls, Iowa, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
354 (AS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base
RAF Cuttack
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Officer
Service Numbers
J/20677
First Burial
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comLiberator B 24 BZ887
Operational 1943-September-30 to 1943-September-30
354 (AS) Sqn (RAF) RAF Cuttack
354 Squadron, RAF Cuttack, India. Pilot Flying Officer KR Henry (RCAF)(USA) was attempting to manually free the stuck nose wheel of his Liberator aircraft BZ 887 D, in flight during an air test, when the wheel moved up, trapping and severely injuring him. The second pilot landed the aircraft and Flying Officer Henry was taken to hospital where sadly, he died from his injuries
Pilot Officer Kenneth Roland Henry - WARTIMES.ca Consolidated Liberator B-24 / F-7
Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130) ex-USAAF Consolidated (Vultee) B-24L Liberator USAAF (44-50154)
ex-RAF (Serial No. 5009), ex-Indian Air Force (Serial No. HE773).
Currently preserved in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa Ontario.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber flown by the RCAF during the Second Word War. It was designed with a shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing which gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling compared with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of the roughly 18,500 B-24s built in the USA during the war, 148 were flown by the RCAF on long range anti-submarine patrols, with the B-24 serving an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The RCAF also flew a few B-24s post war as transports.
Roughly half of all (RAF) Liberator crews in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre were Canadian by the end of the war. John Muir of Vancouver flew the longest mission of the war: 24hrs, 10mins from Ceylon to Burma and back. (Kyle Hood) Harold Skaarup web page
Liberator bomber
Wikipedia Liberator bomber Liberator BZ887 B 24 - Operational - 1943-09-30 to 1943-09-30
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354 Squadron, RAF Cuttack, India. Pilot Flying Officer KR Henry (RCAF)(USA) was attempting to manually free the stuck nose wheel of his Liberator aircraft BZ 887 D, in flight during an air test, when the wheel moved up, trapping and severely injuring him. The second pilot landed the aircraft and Flying Officer Henry was taken to hospital where sadly, he died from his injuries