Kenneth D Shinley
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Alikendorf on 7/7/44 in B-24 'I'll Be Around' #4440132
POW
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Units served with
![A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-380941.jpg?itok=MvgNVOEH)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 859th Bomb Squadron, 492nd Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395170.jpg?itok=PRGqGPGR)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane. Four men standing in rear and five men kneeling in front](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/603-Beard-01.jpg?itok=ym0aZ4re)
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: I'll Be Around
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Melrose, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 7 July 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7230 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database