Kenneth Charles Dunbar

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 55121 - MACR 15710 - Edward T. Brodnax

Shot down 28 June 1943 in B-17 #42-5724 'Thunderbird / Marnita No. 2'. Plane ditched in Channel, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thunderbird II, Marnita No. 2
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 322nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA 28 February 1920

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 28 June 1943

Revisions

Date16 May 2021 21:51:23
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Updated the middle name and Born & Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56289362.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289362/kenneth-charles-dunbar

Date16 May 2021 21:33:34
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:52
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15710 / MACR 15710, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 168, ABMC / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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