John Joseph Kenedy
Military
Object Number - UPL 25779 - 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch
Shot down at the target (Poznan) on 29 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97573. Prisoner of War, MACR 5318.
Connections
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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
![B-17 Flying Fortresses, including (JD-Q) of the 384th Bomb Group fly in formation with two B-24 Liberators during a mission. Official caption on image: "9. 51911 A.[C.]" Printed caption on reverse: '51911 AC - Release line for 2,000 lb. H.E. glide bombs is approximately 20 miles from target. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413583.jpg.webp?itok=4XZO3XUA)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kentucky, USA | 4 January 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Brooklyn, NY 11231, USA | 18 September 1942 | Residence: New York County, New York Private: Branch Immaterial |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood NN14, UK | 16 May 1944 - 29 May 1944 | Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 545th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #91 dated 16 May 1944, Mark Moore Jr Crew. One combat mission. |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Tychowo, Poland | 29 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Jo…
2017-09-03 information from these two duplicate AAM files
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/124312
and
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/124310
was consolidated in this file https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/125087/edit
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…