Theodore Ralph Kellers
MilitaryShot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III. ' Evaded (EVD) from Belgium with the help of the Comet evasion network. Handed over by Comet to another line, he was on his way to Spain via Tarbes, France, when he was arrested together with other evaders near Bagnere de Luchon close to the Spanish border. Became a Prisoner of War (POW). See his page at www.evasioncomete.be >>> Fiches.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062836 and O-678500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066504
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075384 and O-747132
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32439050
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Akron, Ohio, USA | 8 December 1915 | |
Enlisted |
Akron, Ohio, United States | 10 August 1942 | |
Other Evaded before his capture near Bagnere de Luchon, France on 21/4/1944 |
Bagnere de Luchon, Saint-Aventin, France | 20 October 1943 - 21 April 1944 | |
Died |
Mechanicsville, New York State, United States | 16 October 1995 | |
Buried |
Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, New York, United States |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017 / MACR 1017; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 & 76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database