Kenneth Butler Smith

Military
media-41101.jpeg UPL 41101 Kenneth Smith crew:

Rear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T Trumpy.

Front: 2Lt Harry D Edmiston, 2Lt Ken B Smith, 2Lt Edward J Chojnowski, 2Lt Frank Hokr.

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Object Number - UPL 41101 - Kenneth Smith crew: Rear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T...

Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Mechanical issues forced A/C to drop out of formation, subsequently mauled by fighters, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10683



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Roland W Morin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20156518
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-51324

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tenmenbak / Paulette
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indianapolis, IN 18 February 1921 Son of Raymuth Neely and Zella Cleora [Peasley] Smith.

Enlisted

La Fayette, IN 3 September 1942 La Fayette, Indiana

Other

Baled out POW

Trencin, Czech 17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Downed by fighters, A/C abandoned. POW MACR 10683

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Indianapolis, IN 11 March 2003

Buried

Washington Park East Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, IN 13 March 2003 Washington Park East Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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