Howard J Kidney
MilitaryAssigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and shot from ground whilst descending in parachute Killed in Action (KIA) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13091456 / O-819095
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Mechnitz, Poland | 7 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer Baled out and shot from ground whilst descending in parachute Killed in Action (KIA) 7-Aug-44. |
Royal Oak, MI | Husband of Betty Kidney. | ||
Born |
Oakland, MI | Son of Robert and Ethel Kidney. | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Based |
Amendola | 7 August 1944 | Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |