Kenneth R Kroggel
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Standing, left to right: Ken Wehrhan, Ken Kroggel, Robert Drumhiller, Thomas Michan, Jack Barrett and James Radcliff.
Kneeling, left to right: Ed Davidson, John Johnston, Maurice Lynch and Clarence Trubey. Ed Davidson Collection
Shared with the museum by B-17 pilot Ed Davidson.
Object Number - UPL 27873 - Crew of the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, October 1943. Standing, left to right: Ken Wehrhan, Ken Kroggel, Robert Drumhiller, Thomas...
Ken Kroggel served as a waist gunner with the 339th Bomb Squadron of the 96th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Snetterton Heath, England. He was shot down on 5 January 1944 in B-17 #423541 'Little Girls'. The aircraft ditched in the Bay of Biscay. Kroggle was Killed in Action. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Girls
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
Bay of Biscay | 5 January 1944 | |
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Born |
Wheeling, West Virginia, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2011 / MACR 2011, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Heath pg 90 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
