Kenneth Jerome Mears
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 44807 - S/Sgt Kenneth J Mears, 334th BS, 95th BG. Photo via ABMC FB page.
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-3194 'Little Hell'. Killed in Action (KIA), MACR 400.
Awards: AM, PH.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734084
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Hell
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lowell, North Billerica, MA | 20 February 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 21 September 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Died |
Santa Margherita, Italy | 17 August 1943 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Horham | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Toscana, Italy | ||
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Buried |
North Cemetery Billerica, Middlesex County, MA | Memorialised North Cemetery Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
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Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 400 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
