Martin Lawrence Kilbride
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 51790 - Sgt Martin Lawrence Kilbride, 390BG
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Mid-air collision in B-17 42-97182 'Ding-Dong-Daddy' on assembly near Hitchin, England. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ding Dong Daddy
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fairfield County, CT | 1 December 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
1 December 1938 | ||
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Died |
near Hitchin, England | 26 August 1944 | Mid-air collision in B-17 42-97182 'Ding-Dong-Daddy' on assembly near Hitchin, England. KIA |
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Buried |
Saint Michael's Cemetery Stratford, Fairfield County, CT | Saint Michael's Cemetery Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut | |
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Based |
Framlingham | 26 August 1944 | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added died location to the Died event.
Added a Buried event and middle name and his rank per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 166310377.
Combat Chronology/Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
