Kenneth Oliver Hale
Military
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Object Number - UPL 14063 - 42-102933 BK-Q, "QUEENIE", 546th Bombardment Squadron, 384th Bombardment Group
Bailed out of B-17 after 3 propellers quit and losing altitude at 200 ft per minute. Mission to Moosberg on 12 December 1944/released May 1945/ Prisoner of War (POW) He completed 32 combat missions. Plane was B-17 #42-102993 BK-Q, "QUEENIE". MACR 11340
Good Conduct Medal/ETO Medal/Air Medal/POW Medal
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gremlins Hotel : Queenie
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
9 August 1944 | Assigned to the 384th BG 546th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #159 dated 9 August 1944, as crew pilot, 32 combat missions. | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
12 December 1944 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 | |
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Born |
Hale, Kenneth O |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11340 / POW Vol III/MACR 11340 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
