Louis B Kirkpatrick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20421.png UPL 20421 Original USAAF photo caption : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Richard V. Fetroe, La Fayette Ind.; S/Sgt. Ralph F. Harms, Mt. Shasta, Calif.;T/Sgt. Chas. Kimtantes, Clarksville, Pa.; T/Sgt. Dell W. Kettering, Monmouth, Ill.; T/Sgt. Louis B. Kirkpatrick, Steelville, Mo. and S/Sgt Herschel H. Leist, Bocyrus, Mo., all of whom received Air Medals.” [ Sgt Leist is only partially shown at extreme right - Awards ceremony in North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. ]
NOTE : Two last names are misspelled : It’s Fetrow instead of Fetroe and it should be Kimtantas in place of Kimtantes.

Added photo in relation with research about Lt Epting's crew on B-24 # 41-23740

Object Number - UPL 20421 - Original USAAF photo caption : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Richard V. Fetroe, La Fayette Ind.; S/Sgt. Ralph F. Harms, Mt. Shasta, Calif.;T/Sgt. Chas....

Louis Kirkpatrick was Radio Operator on B-24 #41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35259633
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16019012 and O-442942
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14057103
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator; Repairman
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11044159
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16023523
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Chariot
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida, United States 24 October 1941

Other

Missing In Action (MIA)

North Sea 31 March 1943 On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea

Born

Maryland, United States the son of Minor and Yetta Kirkpatrick
Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States

Other

Memorialized

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website
US 1940 Census

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Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Louis B Kirkpatrick: Gallery (3 items)