Harold Kennedy

Military

Waist gunner/Ass't engineer on the Jack D. Pelton crew. Flew first mission on May 29, 1944 to Politz. Flew August 16, 1944 mission to Dessau in #42-51105, MK O, Sweetest Rose of Texas. Emergency landed in Woodbridge. Finished tour October 3, 1944Date Target5/29/44 Politz, Germany AC#42-95280 MK D5/31/44 Lumes, France A/C#42-100358 MK U+6/2/44 Boulogne (Tact No. 1 Calais) AC#42-95280 MK D6/3/44 Brecht-sur-Mer, France (Tact No. 2) A/C#42-73501 R+ Ten Aces and a Queen6/8/44 Rennes, (Tact No. 8) France A/C#42-51105, MK O Sweetest Rose of Texas6/18/44 Stade, Germany A/C#42-73501 R+ Ten Aces and a Queen6/20/44 Politz, Germany A/C#4940-W6/21/44 Berlin, Germany 280-D6/24/44 Mazingarbe, France 020-X7/5/44 Mery Sur Oise 921-B7/7/44 Lutzkendorff 332?7-P7/12/44 Munich, Germany 921-B7/13/44 Saarbrucken, Germany 921-B7/19/44 Leipheim, Germany 358-U7/20/44 Gotha, Germany 622-Z7/23/44 Laon-Couvron, France 337-P7/25/44 St. Lo, (Tact No. 19) France 337-P7/28/44 Paris, France 940-W7/31/44 Ludwigshafen 337-P8/4/44 No ball 585-A8/7/44 Arras, (Tact No. 24) 308-D8/8/44 La Hoursse, (Tact No. 25), France 337-P8/9/44 Saarbrucken, Germany 337-P8/11/44 Strasbourg, France 337-P8/13/44 Isle of St. Malo, (Tact No. 26) Fr 337-P8/14/44 Limes/Laon, (Tact No. 27), Fr 855-A8/16/44 Dessau, Germany 105-O8/18/44 Neft, Germany (Metz) 337-P8/25/44 Wismar, Germany 337-P8/27/44 Heligoland 337-P9/21/44 Koblenz, Germany 337-P9/25/44 Koblenz, Germany 337-P9/26/44 Hamm, Germany 337-P10/2/44 Hamm, Germany 337-P10/3/44 Lachen Speyersdorf, Germany 337-P (Ludwigshafen, Ger)



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ DFC

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sweetest Rose of Texas
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alto, Tennessee 15 July 1921

Died

19 August 1970

Buried

Sewanee, Tennessee

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Sources

Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44 & Page 316 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co 1998 edition, D790.A2S45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia