Thomas Xavier McKenna

Military

Thomas Mc Kenna was Tail Gunner on board B-17 ≠42-31880, shot down on the Mannheim mission, 27 May 1944. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Anthony Filippi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12039508
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John Joseph Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32105981 at enlistment, then O-687028
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Thomas Joblonski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32880035
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Edward Paul Ridings

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17159649 at enlistment, then O-757747
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Manuel Gerald Rosen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33037982
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York 16 January 1925

Enlisted

3 April 1943 New York City, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 May 1944 NARA WWII POW record : "Interned Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow. Returned to Military Control 30 May 1945."

Died

10 October 2003 Tequesta, Florida
Brooklyn, New York

Buried

Thomas Mc Kenna rests at the Riverside Memorial Park, Florida

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 5338
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VA Gravesite Locator
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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WWII Draft Card

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MACR 5338

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5338