Louis C Kandl
Military ROLL OF HONOURB-17F 42-30859 'Skylark' broke in two after being rammed by an ME109 on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
"During the heavy air fights on 29 January 1944 the B-17 bomber of American pilot Darrell C. Sisler was hit by fire from German fighter pilot Kurt Clemens of III./JG 3, got off course and collided with the bomber of pilot Louis C. Kandl. The Sisler plane went down near Gusenburg, Kandl’s ship crashed not far from there, near Hermeskeil. In these crashes 5 of Sisler’s men, including Sisler himself, were KIA. From the Kandl crew 8 members were killed, including Kandl himself."
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Units served with
- 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
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hermeskeil, Germany | 29 January 1944 | |
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Born |
New York State | ||
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Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky |
Revisions
Detailed article by Roland Geiger at http://www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de/html/hochwald-nahe.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2377 / MACR 2377, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Falcons pg 60 and 98 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database