Louis Kos
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down on 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 44-6126 while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was attackd by fighters setting the bomb bay on fire whicg caused the aircraft to explode and break in two. SSgt Kos was trapped in the stricken aircraft and died. Aircraft crashed at Teistungen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA)
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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
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Teistungen, Germany | 16 August 1944 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German fighters setting the bomb bay to catch on fire which caused the aircraft to explode and break in two. Aircraft crashed at Teistungen, Germany |
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Born |
Erie, Pennsylvania | ||
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Buried |
Saint-Avold, France | Buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 33, Grave 34. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2014. Added SN, BS association and KIA event per MACR 8185; Added Burial eventand decorations per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8185