Carl Kindelt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38128.jpeg UPL 38128 Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in the 8th Air force. (Peter Brennan on bottom row, far right- on the end)

This is the Othello Dale Smith Crew

Othello Dale Smith Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Othello D. Smith (P), John E. Stevens (CP), Chester P. Hewitt (N), unidentified Kneeling Left to Right: Carl Kindelt R/O), Edward J. Huntzinger (FE), John B. Martin (BTG), Douglas N. Woods (TG), George C. Sevy (WG), Peter J. Brennan (TOG) Stevens and Kindelt would be KIA. Sevy would be WIA and Martin would be a POW. Peter J Brennan collection

Object Number - UPL 38128 - Unsure if this is under Pilot Oliver Smith or John Edelman. My grandfather, Peter Brennan, togglier in the 388th Bomb Group in the 561st Squadron in...

Killed in Action (KIA) near Wiesbaden in B-17 'Easy Does It' #4338623

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-770817
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heaven's Above
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 17 February 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.
  • Date: 30 December 1944
  • Date: 28 December 1944
  • Date: 15 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Monterey, CA 12 January 1916
Sacramento, CA 16 October 1940 515 26th Street

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Kenttishall Airfield, UK 16 November 1944 - 17 February 1945

Buried

Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA 19 September 1950 Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map Plot F, 102

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

near Wiesbaden, Germany 17 February 1945 REMARKS OR EYEWITNESS STATEMENT: The a/c received a direct flak hit in the left wing and probably in therear part of the waist. The left wing caught fire then blew up. Thea/c went into a tight spin. The tail section floated earthward. Onecrew reports seeing 3 chutes possibly from this a/c. A German report of the crash states that they had 7 bodies and presumably3 others had escaped.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12432 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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