Russell Edward Kenoyer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Fighter Pilot
361sth Fighter Group - 376th Fighter Squadron - 8th AF
KIA 16 April 1945
Object Number - UPL 47764 - 2LT Russell Edward Kenoyer Fighter Pilot 361sth Fighter Group - 376th Fighter Squadron - 8th AF KIA 16 April 1945
Killed in Action (KIA) P-51 44-13894'Frances' Flew combat missions starting in early February 1945 and was shot down by flak during an attack on Pocking Airdrome 16 April 1945
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Hadstock
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
West Point, Iowa | 1 November 1923 | |
| Windsor, Maine | 1 April 1940 | ||
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Died |
Pocking Airfield, Germany | 16 April 1945 | 2/LT Russell Edward Kenoyer was killed in action as a Mustang fighter pilot (P-51D, E9-L, "Frances") with the 8th Air Force, 376th Fighter Squadron on 16 Apr 1945 over Muhldorf, Germany. 16 April 1945 - Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1948 While flying Yorkshire White 3 on April 16th on a strafing misssion on Pocking Airfield, I followed my flight leader and his wingman, Lt. Kenoyer, down on the field. They disappeared into the smoke from the burning planes. I went through with my element and when I came out of the smoke, followed the two ships in front of me, believing them to be #1 & 2 of my flight. I caught up with them and saw they were not; at the same time I heard the Group leader call to reform. On the way to the reforming point I saw a yellow tailed ship bellied in but the nose was on fire and I couldn't tell the color. On return to home base Lt. Kenoyer was missing. HARRY M. CHAPMAN, 1st Lt., Air Corps |
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Buried Promoted |
China, Maine | Chadwick Hill Cemetery China, Kennebec County, Maine, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13974 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
