James Richard Kenyon

Military
media-29347.jpeg UPL 29347 2Lt James Kenyon 354th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Object Number - UPL 29347 - 2Lt James Kenyon 354th FG

Wingman 355th FS 354th FG

Shot down by Flak in P-51B s/n 43-6687 GQ+S "Bad Penny" near Diepholz, Germany while flying as 'Green 4' on March 22, 1944. MACR #3251. Captured 22 March 1944 near Delfshausen/Rastede, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Held at Stalag Luft I Barth, Germany.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Bad Penny
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

21 May 1922

Enlisted

10 June 1942 Pendleton Field, Oregon

Other

shot down by Flak

22 March 1944 in P-51 Mustang Serial 43-6687

Other

Captured

Delfshausen, near Rastede, Germany 22 March 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

22 March 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control 9 June 1945"

Died

24 November 2006 Hillsboro, Oregon
Walla Walla, Washington

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3251
NARA WWII Enlistment record
NARA WWII POW record
German report KUJ-722 (NARA)
SSDI

Date
ContributorKirwin
Changes
Sources

James Kenyon

Date
Contributorfugari
Changes
Sources

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 3251

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 3251 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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