Sam Kessler
Military
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SSGT Sam Kessler
Radio Operator
Crew #682 - Robert G Gordon Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
Radio Operator
Crew #682 - Robert G Gordon Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
466th BG Historian
Flew 14 missions. Shot down, bailed out, landed on a church steeple, ended up in the hospital
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-776283
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pale Ale
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
22 October 1923 | ||
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 3 June 1943 | |
Other Bailed Out |
Dergneau, 7912 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Belgium | 20 February 1945 | Control cables snapped in his a/c, B-24H #42-50336 "Pale Ale" causing it to fall out of control. Kessler was able to bail out, albeit with a damaged parachute. He drifted through a B-17 formation before landing in a Belgian field. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self