Kenneth Kurtz Laud
Military
UPL 68252
UPL 68252
Sgt Kenneth K Laud
Kenneth Kurtz Laud
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Assigned to 342BS, 97BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-Oct-42 in B-17 41-24441 'Francis X' while serving as Radio Operator. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17017977 / O-440334
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14012196 / O-419578
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39165066
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14073155
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12043729
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Francis X
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Marion County, Iowa | 28 August 1918 | BornMarion County, Iowa |
Enlisted |
Oskaloosa, Iowa | 13 January 1941 | EnlistedOskaloosa, Iowa |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Donau | 12 October 1942 - 31 May 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 31-May-45 |
Died |
East Moline, Illinois | 7 March 2015 | DiedEast Moline, Illinois |
Buried |
Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island, Illinois | 10 March 2015 | InterredRock Island National CemeteryRock Island, Illinois |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 27-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p.38