Louis Laverne Kissinger Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 42033 - "Lt. Roach and crew of the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 Liberator (A/C No. 240126) at an 8th Air Force base...
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel Canal mission in B-24 42-40126 'Annie Oakley' 14-May-43; Flak forced them out of formation, shot down by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2441
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14051469 / O-791505
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Annie Oakley
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Florence, CO | 13 November 1920 | Son of Louis Laverne Kissinger Sr. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Riley, Kansas | 28 January 1942 | Fort Riley, Kansas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 May 1943 - 12 June 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Imprisoned at Stalag luft III and moved to work camp 49-11. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Rendsburg, Germany | 14 May 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel Canal mission in B-24 42-40126 'Annie Oakley' 14-May-43; Flak forced them out of formation, shot down by fighters. POW MACR 2441 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 January 1946 | Released to USAF Reserve. | |
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Other Discharged USAF Reserve |
31 August 1955 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Concord, CA, USA | 18 June 1956 | |
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Buried |
Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa County, CA | 21 June 1956 | Memory Gardens Cemetery Concord, Contra Costa County, California |
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Based |
Shipdham | 14 May 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Ellis County, KS | |||
| Rio Linda, CA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2441 / MACR 2441, 4401 in Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 120 by Bishop and Hey, 44th BGRoll of Honor and Losses by Lundy pp 67-68 / MACR 2441, 4401 in Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I p. 120 by Bishop and Hey, 44th BGRoll of Honor and Losses by Lundy pp 67-68, National gravesite locator / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database