Kenneth R Messel
MilitaryAssigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return bombing mission to Arhweiler, Germany. Shot down by fighters, killed in resulting crash 3 miles east of Arhweiler, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11651.
Awards: DFC, SS, Bronze Star, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16056426 / O-705037
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bicknell, IN 47512, USA | 2 March 1921 | Son of Charles and Lucinda Elizabeth [Green] Messel. |
Enlisted |
Evansville, IN, USA | 23 July 1942 | |
Other Shot down |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return bombing mission to Arhweiler, Germany. Shot down by fighters, killed in resulting crash 3 miles east of Arhweiler, Germany. POW. MACR 11651. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
Vincennes, IN 47591, USA | 1 January 2003 | |
Based |
Matching | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Bicknell, IN 47512, USA | Bicknell Memorial Cemetery Bicknell Knox County Indiana, USA | |
Indiana, USA |
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