Kenneth Daniel Williams
Military
B-17 Navigator
A. L. DESTRO II
Object Number - UPL 16744 - 2Lt Kenneth D. Williams, 0-686439 B-17 Navigator
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-37817 'Aristocrap', Prisoner of War (POW).
Famous for being found with his leather flight jacket inscribed on backside with "Murder Inc". The German/Nazi's printed several newspapers with his picture on the front pages for propaganda.
Also located in findagrave & fold3.
POW
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747704
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-800358
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Aristocrap
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mecklenburg County, NC, USA | 12 May 1922 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 26 November 1943 - 22 June 1945 | Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Died |
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA | 9 December 2003 | (aged 81) |
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Buried |
Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA | Belmont Abbey Cemetery Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA |
Revisions
Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 112993796.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112993796/kenneth-daniel-williams
Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 112993796.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112993796/kenneth-daniel-williams
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft I per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Removed a space in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
A. L. DESTRO II
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
