Dell W Kettering
Military
NOTE : Two last names are misspelled : It’s Fetrow instead of Fetroe and it should be Kimtantas in place of Kimtantes.
Added photo in relation with research about Lt Epting's crew on B-24 # 41-23740
Object Number - UPL 20421 - Original USAAF photo caption : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Richard V. Fetroe, La Fayette Ind.; S/Sgt. Ralph F. Harms, Mt. Shasta, Calif.;T/Sgt. Chas....
Dell Kettering was on board B-24 41-23740 of the 93rd Bomber Group / 409th Bomber Squadron when it was being ferried from Port Lyautey, French Morocco to England on 25 February 1943. Short of fuel, the pilot, Lt Jacob (Jake) B. Epting, had to crash-land it near Tiztoutine, Spanish Morocco. All 15 men on board, crew and passengers, safe. Kettering and the others were arrested and brought to Spain, where they were detained for some weeks before being released and returned to their unit in England.
Dell Kettering participated in the 1 August 1943 mission to Ploesti with Pilot Major Kenneth O. Dessert on B-24 41-24105.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17032797 at enlistment in 1941 / 0-724625
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024561
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ground crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Monmouth, Illinois | 13 December 1916 | |
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Died |
3 December 1968 | ||
| Monmouth, Illinois, United States | |||
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Buried |
Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park, Hayward, California, United States |
Revisions
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
Personal research on the Jake Epting crew
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Dugan & Stewart 'Ploesti'