Kenneth Malcolm Burns
MilitaryShot 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35563587
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079577 at enlistment, then O-809695
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686920
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804747
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
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Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oakland, Alameda County, California | 8 March 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
22 January 1943 | San Francisco, California | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 February 1944 | ||
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Died |
3 February 2014 | ||
| Oakland, Alameda County, California | |||
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Buried |
Kenneth Burns rests at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Sierra Vista, Arizona |
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ContributorED-BB
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Sources
MACR 2540
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
ContributorAAM
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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