Kenneth Thomas Weston
Military
Object Number - UPL 61502 - 1st Lt Kenneth T. Weston
Assigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Member of Ken Weston crew. Missing in Action Budapest 30-Jul-44; downed by flak, crashed Budapest; 10 x POW MACR 7107.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME (1BS), WWII Victory.
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![Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg.webp?itok=YT0rrjph)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33549297
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 35132175
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16162324
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 38446098
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 33088395
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Portland, Oregon | 9 August 1921 | Born Portland, Oregon |
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Died |
Amity, Oregon | 25 March 2006 | Died Amity, Oregon |
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Buried |
Amity Cemetery Amity, Oregon, | 28 March 2006 | Interred Amity Cemetery Amity, Yamhill County, Oregon, |
