Ferdinand M Kjar
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 5490 - A Bomber crew of the 466th Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator. Handwritten on image: 'RG Gordon 279-55.' The crew went down over Belgium on...
Killed in Action (KIA). B-24J A/C 42-50336 'Pale Ale' crashed when control cables snapped and crew lost control.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-776283
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
Dergneau, 7912 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Belgium | 19 February 1945 | KIA - Trapped in this aircraft after the control cables snapped and the plane spun out of control. |
Born |
Nebraska, USA | ||
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten Eijsden-Margraten Municipality Limburg, Netherlands Plot: Plot B Row 2 Grave 32 |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Sources
466th BG Historian
ContributorAAM
Sources
Combat Chronology, Unit History / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia