Kenneth Hanley Betts
Military
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UPL 37474
2LT Kenneth H. Betts
Navigator
Monty Givens Crew
388th BG - 562nd BS
Shot down and captured 6 March 194
388th Bomb Group collection
Navigator
Monty Givens Crew
388th BG - 562nd BS
Shot down and captured 6 March 194
388th Bomb Group collection
Shot down in a frontal attack by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31135 'Suzy Sagtitz' crashed near Schoonebekerveld, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672780
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot/Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741896
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733729
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Quarterback
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Suzy Sag Titz
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tech Supply / Wailuiku Maid
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blitzing Betsy
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramp Tramp
Missions
- Date: 24 March 1944
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 29 February 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Warren, Pennsylvania, USA | 10 September 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 11 November 1942 | |
Died |
24 October 2006 | ||
Buried |
30 November 2006 | Arlington National Cemetery Branch of Service: US ARMY Court: 8 Section: M1 Column: 5 Niche: 4 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Oud Schoonebekerveld, The Netherlands | 6 March 1944 | The Givens crew were shot down by Fw190's of JG11 just inside the Dutch German border while returning from Berlin. |
Other POW |
Stalag Luft I | Stalag Luft I Barth, Germany |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3082 / MACR 3082, Obit Washington Post November 26, 2006, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database