Kenneth Malcolm Burns

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Kemme, near Hildesheim, Germany on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31338 'Hard To Get'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

452nd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

728th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

William Michael Doyle

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16077742 at enlistment, then O-739172
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Harvey Hamilton Fleming

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13119841
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles William Hacic

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32380253
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Floyd Edward Holman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16088149
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Roy Eugene Morris

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16033384
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Aircraft

42-31338

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hard To Get
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The wreck of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100046) of the 389th Bomb Group, 2 October 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-2-7-61SC)(2-10-44)(A/C No. 2100046 - B-24)." Handwritten on reverse: '389BG. Taverham.' On reverse: John H. Woolnough [Stamp].

Places

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Oakland, Alameda County, California	8 March 1924
Enlisted		22 January 1943	San Francisco, California
Other Prisoner of War (POW)		10 February 1944
Died		3 February 2014
			Oakland, Alameda County, California
Buried			Kenneth Burns rests at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Revisions

Date28 May 2020 15:13:44

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations

Sources

MACR 2540
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:57

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2540 / MACR 2540, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database