Kenneth Rex Kleinshrot
Military
Dottie Carter Lobbs
Found in bag brought home from war
Object Number - UPL 55904
Assigned to 789BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF. Original Crew #40. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM,(3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698736
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron 389th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 39119292
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12209055
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 467th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron 789th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38008171
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 789th Bomb Squadron 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17162143
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Middlefield, OH | 11 March 1921 | Son of Charlie A and Genevieve F [Rex] Kleinshrot. |
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Enlisted |
Cleveland, OH | 16 July 1942 | Cleveland, Ohio |
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Died |
Cleveland, OH | 1 February 2012 | |
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Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Painesville, Lake County, OH | 4 February 2012 | Evergreen Cemetery Painesville, Lake County, Ohio |
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Based |
Rackheath | Assigned to 789BS, 467BG, 8AF USAAF - Mar-44 to May-44 | |
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Based |
Hethel | Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF - Jun-44 to Aug-44. | |
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Based |
Old Buckenham | Transferred to 733BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF - Aug-44 to Oct-44. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc