Kenneth Eugene Bethe
Military
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Object Number - UPL 31405 - Crew of Crashed B17F 42-3535
Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Sorau in B-17 42-3535; shot down, crashed Laaland, Denmark. Picked up by Danish trawler Evaded (EVD) MACR 4266
Awards: AF Commendation (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079507 / O-814877
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36190961
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-702117
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16125545
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18083024
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Dickinson County, KS | 1 May 1921 | Son of Harry L. and Florence A. [Wyckoff] Bethe. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Riley, KS | 23 May 1942 | Fort Riley, Kansas |
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Other Baled out EVD |
Laaland, Denmark | 11 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Sorau in B-17 42-3535; shot down, crashed Laaland, Denmark. Picked up by Danish trawler Evaded (EVD) MACR 4266 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
30 April 1970 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
6 January 1980 | ||
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National CemeterySan Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 10 January 1980 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 339BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4266 / MACR 4266; Snetterton Falcons, pg 131 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
