Kenneth L Eccleston
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Riley F Bissonette son.
Object Number - UPL 20795 - 563rd Bomb Squadron crew in front of B-17 42-30193 "Hardluck".
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31084. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34350057
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32405196
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739060
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Raymond, New Hampshire, USA | 29 January 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Manchester, NH, USA | 21 January 1942 | |
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Buried |
Tablets of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial • Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bremen-Vegesack, Bremen, Germany | 20 December 1943 | Flak at the Target area was very intense and every plane suffered battle damage. Lt. Eccleston, in a/c 42-31084, was lost due to this flak; and, when last seen at 1212 hours, he was going down with his bomb bay doors open and on fire. |
| Rockingham County, NH, USA |
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Contributor466thHistorian
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ABMC; MACR 3154 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3154 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database