Gerald A Knettel

Military

Object Number - UPL 27900 - Gerald Knettel of the 392nd Bomb Group

Gerald Knettel served as a flight enginner/top turret gunner with the 577th Bomb Squadron of the 392nd Bomb Group, flying missions out of Wendling, England. He survived crash of B-24 42-99979 'Kentucky Baby' on 21 April 1944 at North Tuddenham.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

media-27895.pdf (2.48 MB) Document 27895 'In Honour of the Crew of a B-24 Bomber who were killed on 21st April 1944 at North Tuddenham, Norfolk' produced by Pat Baldwin, Clerk to North Tuddenham Parish Council. A copy is archived in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library.

2nd Air Division Memorial Library

42-99979

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Kentucky Baby
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

New York, NY, USA 13 October 1942

Born

New York, USA
Queens, NY, USA

Died

Revisions

Date12 May 2017 08:17:50
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank, role, biography, events and place associations
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.b-24.net/aircrew/knames.html

https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/27895

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:20
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

577 roster 2May45, http://www.b24.net/support/knames.html / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 27900 - Gerald Knettel of the 392nd Bomb Group