Kenneth Bishop Rutledge
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 50595 - 1st Lt Kenneth B Rutledge, 91BG
Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 3-Nov-43 in B-17 42-39802. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1153
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Anson, TX | 7 May 1920 | Carl Ernest and Lorina Caroline [Tuttle] Rutledge. |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 6 April 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
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Died |
North Sea | 3 November 1943 | Shot down 3-Nov-43 in B-17 42-39802. Plane crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 1153 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 3 November 1943 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing. Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1153 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
