Kenneth O'Reilly Dessert
Military
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/24962
Object Number - UPL 25578 - Kenneth O. Dessert, 93rd Bomb Group
Pilot Major Kenneth O. ("K.O.") Dessert participated in the 1 August 1943 mission to Ploesti on B-24 41-24105 with TSgt. Dell Kettering (radio operator). After WWII was Col. USAF HQ USAF in Europe then Operations officer for Congo Air Lift 1960.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024561
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tupelo Lass
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wallace, Idaho | 18 November 1915 |
Revisions
https://digitalarchive.2ndair.org.uk/
Catalogue Reference: MC 376/59, USF 2/7, Image 17 of 148
Title: Copies of operational papers relating to the Ploesti mission
KO was my my uncle-in-law; married to Nan (nee Shannon) Dessert, who was my mother-in-law's older sister. Nan predeceased KO.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
