Tenney Clesen Henry, Jr.

Name:

Clesen Henry, Jr. Tenney

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-827078

Unit:

702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1944-10-18

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, Texas

Plot:

Section B

Row:

Grave:

296

Decoration:

Comments:

Clesen Henry Tenney, Jr. was born on January 2, 1924, in Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas. He was the son of Clesen Henry and Maud Clarkson Tenney. He served in the 702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and was a passenger on on the B-24 #42-50347 during World War II.

On October 18, 1944, their airplane was flying from the repair depot in Greencastle, Ireland to Tibenham on a familiarisation flight over Britain. Onboard were 24 replacement crewmen who had been sent to the 445th Bomb Group after the unit had suffered heavy losses on the Kassel mission in September that year. During the flight, the aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed near the village of Landican, near Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula in England. All 24 passengers and crew were killed in the crash.

2Lt Tenney is now buried in the Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA.

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