Kenneth E Kio

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) - Tail Gunner and only survivor on B-17 #43-38270. Crashed on 11/21/44 at 1km East of Körbecke, Westfalen, Germany.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Orsen Elliott Jensen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19109055 and O-773392
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Wallace D Land

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37536391
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles G Melhado

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38382721 and O-719128
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Francis M Riggs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19111997 and O-768235
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Pryce O Spencer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31259783
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

43-38270

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Missions

720

  • Date: 21 November 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fulton, New York, USA 27 May 1922

Enlisted

Syracuse, New York, United States 12 September 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 21 November 1944 - 24 May 1945 NARA WWII POW records (which have his Army Serial Number wrong : 32746072 instead of 32476072) : "Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow / Tychowo, Poland - Returned to Military control 24/5/45".

Died

Syracuse, New York, United States 26 May 2008

Buried

Mount Pleasant Southern Cemetery, Volney, New York, United States

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 10413

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10413 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database