George Altmann Kain
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 40000 - 2nd Lieutenant George A. Kain, pilot B-17F #42-29746, WIA return bombing mission to Kassel, Germany Jul. 30, 1943. KIA in POW hospital Aug. 4, 1943.
May 10, 1943, took off from Gander in B-17 42-3143 en route to Prestwick, Scotland, but landed at Bunduran, Ireland.
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 42-29746. Wounded in Action (WIA). Died in a POW Hospital near Arnhem a few days later on Aug. 4, 1943.
Initially buried in the Moscowa Cemetery in Arnhem, but his body was eventually returned to Mount Vernon, NY in January of 1949 and buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, NY.
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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
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 30 July 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mount Vernon, New York, USA | 7 June 1922 | His parents were George H. Kain, a Mount Vernon, NY Policeman, and Theresia (Altmann) Kain. |
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Enlisted |
Mount Vernon, New York, USA | 18 June 1940 | Enlisted NYSG and assigned 27th Division, HQ Detachment. |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 31 May 1943 - 30 July 1943 | RAF Kimbolton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. |
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Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
Angeren, The Netherlands | 30 July 1943 | Shot down over Angeren, Holland on the return to RAF Kimbolton from bombing mission (80) to Kassel, Germany. Initially survived the explosion/crash of his B-17 over Angeren, but died Aug. 4, 1943 in a POW Hospital near Arnhem, The Netherlands. |
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Died |
Arnhem, The Netherlands | 4 August 1943 | Died Aug. 4, 1943 in a POW Hospital near Arnhem, The Netherlands. |
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Buried |
New Rochelle, New York, USA | 20 January 1949 | Buried Jan. 20 (ca.), 1949, in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle, NY. |
Revisions
Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey pp. 116
Updated from various sources, genealogical research project.
Addition.
1943 news clipping believed to be out of copyright and in the public domain.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1355 / MACR 1355; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 271 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
