Daniel Kennon
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Kneeling L-R: Sgt's EW Harbison, JE Caillier, D Kennon, HJ Seigfeldt, Griffin, D Barth
B-24 Liberator 4124282 'Ruth-Less' a survivor of 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid. Lost on raid on V1 rocket launching ramps at Pas-de-Calais, France. Shortly after dropping their bombs, the bomber received flak damage to the # 3 and # 4 engines (both engines on the starboard wing). Not possible to make base and while attempting to find a landing area in poor weather, A/C crashed into a hill above Eastbourne, killing all crew. 10 KIA. Pilot 1st Lt James O Bolin. MACR 6385. Picture of Lt Slough Ploesti crew.
Object Number - UPL 14571 - Standing Lt's FD Slough, JL Warner, RL Lacombe, Scott Kneeling L-R: Sgt's EW Harbison, JE Caillier, D Kennon, HJ Seigfeldt, Griffin, D Barth B-24...
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43 in B-24 Liberator 41-24282.
Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1653
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798225
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Naco, AZ | 28 June 1920 | Son of William D Kennon. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, el Paso, TX | 10 March 1942 | Fort Bliss, el Paso, Texas |
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Died |
Near Emden estuary, Germany | 11 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. KIA. MACR 1653 |
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Buried |
Wittmund, Germany | 20 January 1944 | Interred Wittmund cemetery, Germany Body not found until Jan-44. Authorities unaware of crash site. |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Shipdham | 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Douglas, Cochise Cty, AZ | Draft Registration - Next of Kin; Mrs W D Kennon. | ||
| Douglas, Cochise Cty, AZ | Husband of Theo Pearl Kennon. Douglas, Cochise Cty, AZ | ||
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Buried |
Evergreen Memorial Park Tucson, Pima County, AZ | Re-Interred Evergreen Memorial Park Tucson, Pima County, Arizona |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1653 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
