Leonard H Kessinger Jr
Military
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UPL 21442
Leonard H. Kessinger, Jr.
Military Records
Flew two missions with the 388th BG and then was transferred to the 96th BG.
Prisoner of War (POW) for 18 months after being shot down on 13 DEC 1943 in 42-3261 the 'Short Stride'.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Short stride iv
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 December 1943
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Camp Creek, West Virginia | 21 September 1921 | |
Died |
14 May 2008 | ||
Buried |
Princeton, West Virginia |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html