Henry Michael Kerestes

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Nordhorn on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97447. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Born

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA 15 August 1919

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA 9 January 1940

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95th BG Combat Tour

Horham, UK 11 December 1943 - 10 February 1944 Shot down and KIA on his 11th combat mission

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Plot D Row 10 Grave 33

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Brandlecht, Germany 10 February 1944 Kerestes was KIA when his B-17 was attacked and shot down by Germany fighters

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2547 / MACR 2547, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database