Ellsworth H Kenyon
MilitaryB-17 #42-30004 ditched in Channel on 6 September 1943. Returned to base.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30242 'Lallah-V III', Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14156035
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791603
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Price County, Wisconsin. USA | 12 August 1922 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 14 October 1943 | Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
Died |
Olympia, Washington, USA | 6 November 2002 | |
Wisconsin, USA | |||
Enlisted |
Wausau, Wisconsin, USA | 3 January 1942 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 911, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 270, 332