Otto E Kaellner
Military
Object Number - UPL 48302 - 1st Lt Otto E 'Dutch' Kaellner, from 1943 yearbook
Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 25 missions on B-17's. ETD. Transferred to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF flying de Havilland Mosquitos. On 6-Nov-44 night photography mission to Koln, Germany, Mosquito crashed in England. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 8th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Butler, IN | 13 July 1919 | Son of Herman L and Emma Eugenia [Timmons] Kaellner. |
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Other Commissioned |
Freeman Field, Seymour, IN | 29 April 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Died |
North Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk PE37, UK | 6 November 1944 | On 6-Nov-44 night photography mission to Koln, Germany, Mosquito crash landed in England. KIA. |
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Buried |
7 November 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
| Michigan, USA | |||
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Enlisted |
Michigan, USA | Michigan | |
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Buried |
Riverside Cemetery Saint Joe, DeKalb County, IN | Re-Interred Riverside Cemetery Saint Joe, DeKalb County, Indiana | |
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Based |
Chelveston | Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Watton | 6 November 1944 | Transferred to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Flight training |
Maxwell Field, AL | 29 April 1943 | Jefferson Barracks, MT Basic flight: Maxwell Field, AL Primary flight: Camden and Walnut Ridge, AR Advanced flight: Freeman Field, Seymour, IN |
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Other Operational training |
Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, OH Ephrata, WA Rapid City ND | ||
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Other Deployed ETO |
Great Britain | Deployed to European Theatre Operations, Nov-43. | |
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Other Promotion |
Chelveston | Promoted 1st Lieutenant. |
Revisions
Combat Chronology Supplement p.542, Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 176-7 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
