David R Holler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. John Kenney crew. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8861



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John Douglas Kenney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190888
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40246

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Aint Bluffing
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sanilac County, MI 26 August 1921 Son of David J Holler and Hazel Pearl [Brumbaugh] Flannigan.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 13 January 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Died

Semmenstedt, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Swabische Hall. Crashed Semmenstedt in B-24 'Ain't Bluffing' 44-40246 KIA MACR 8861

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Metfield 13 September 1944 Assigned to 853BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Plot H Row 7 Grave 60

Buried

Lexington Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, MI Memorialised Lexington Memorial Cemetery Lexington, Michigan

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database