12 US Medium Bombardment Group ("The Earthquakers") B-25 Mitchell aircraft crashed near Sidi Barrani, Egypt due to enemy action. Pilot Officer HT Rennie (RCAF) was killed. Pilot Officer Rennie was one of a group of RCAF wireless air gunners seconded to this group in support of the British 8th Army to assist in communications because they were trained in RAF radio procedures and could speak "American". Pilot Officer Rennie was initially buried in the north-west corner of a large olive grove near Sidi Barrani, exhumed, and reburied in the National Cemetery at Fort Scott, Kansas, USA with the rest of his US aircrew
Rennie, Henry Thompson (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1943-March-12

Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Parents:
Spouse:
Home: Elora, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
12 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (USAAF)
Base
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/17126
Prev: R/83580
Home

Temporary Burial

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied