Martin Lawrence Kilbride

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-51790.jpeg UPL 51790 Sgt Martin Lawrence Kilbride, 390BG

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

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fairfield County, CT 1 December 1920

Enlisted

1 December 1938

Died

near Hitchin, England 26 August 1944 Mid-air collision in B-17 42-97182 'Ding-Dong-Daddy' on assembly near Hitchin, England. KIA

Buried

Saint Michael's Cemetery Stratford, Fairfield County, CT Saint Michael's Cemetery Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Based

Framlingham 26 August 1944 Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added died location to the Died event.
Added a Buried event and middle name and his rank per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 166310377.

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ContributorAAM
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Combat Chronology/Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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