Kenneth Howard Branum
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 340BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed To Return (FTR) navigation exercise to Burtonwood in B-17 41-9098. Weather was poor, almost certainly the red warning flares on North Wales border were missed by the crew, and so while continuing on their heading they crashed on the eastern side of Cadair Bronwen in the Berwyn Mountain range in North Wales. 11-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14042901 / O-430984
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Bitch
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Clay County, IN, USA | 30 October 1915 | Son of Charles and Flora Branum. |
Other Promotion |
Polebrook, Peterborough PE8 5LN, UK | 1 May 1942 | Promoted to Sergeant. |
Died |
Cadair Bronwen, Corwen LL21 0ND, UK | 11 August 1942 | Failed To Return (FTR) navigation exercise to Burtonwood in B-17 41-9098. Poor weather caused crash on the eastern side of Cadair Bronwen, Wales 11-Aug-42 DNB. |
Buried |
13 August 1942 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Indiana, USA | |||
Based |
Polebrook | 11 August 1942 | Assigned to 340BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
395 Biddle Blvd, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, USA | Re-Interred Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS |
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 25 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia