Kenneth Duvall
Military | Captain | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD
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Military
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Swamp Fire was the first Heavy Bomber to reach 100 Missions - "Without an Abort" for the 379th BG. She was chosen to participate in the 28 May 1944 top secret "Grapefruit" mission to drop Americans first Glide bomb 20+ miles from the primary target of...
22 February 1944
The German aircraft industry is again targeted in Day 3 of BIG WEEK. A combined total od 789 bombers (maximum effort) are despathed from 1st 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. Fighter opposition is heavy and bomber losses in 1st Air Division are massive - 39...
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942....
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Volusia County, FL | 11 September 1919 |
Son of Fernand Raymond Snr and Sadie Leonardy. |
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Enlisted | Orlando, FL | 17 April 1941 |
Orlando, Florida |
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Based | Kimbolton | 1944 – 1945 |
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Discharged USAAF | 17 June 1945 | |
Honourable discharge. |
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Died | Saint Augustine, FL | 15 July 1980 |
Buried | San Lorenzo Cemetery Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL | 20 July 1980 |
San Lorenzo Cemetery |