Kenneth Walter Dudley

Military
media-57399.jpeg UPL 57399 Kenneth W. Dudley and his brother Allan, both Killed in Action.

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Object Number - UPL 57399 - Kenneth W. Dudley and his brother Allan, both Killed in Action.

Assigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest in B-17 42-3109 'Mizpah' 14-Jul-44; A/C nose blown off. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6901



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mizpah
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, MI 16 September 1917 Son of Lucille M Dudley.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI 26 May 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Died

Solt, Hungary 14 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest in B-17 42-3109 'Mizpah' 14-Jul-44; A/C nose blown off. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6901

Based

14 July 1944 Assigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot D Row 22 Grave 31

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