Walter Kilmen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-56653.jpeg UPL 56653 Sgt Walter Kilmen, 445BG.

Via 'American Battle Monuments Commission' FB page

Object Number - UPL 56653 - Sgt Walter Kilmen, 445BG.

Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) 4-Apr-45 in B-24 42-51544; A/C shot down, crashed near Perleberg Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13729



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

William E Vandelinder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-51544

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bristol, Connecticut, USA 15 May 1918 Son of Alexander and Eva Kilmen.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT 18 August 1941 Hartford, Connecticut

Died

Perleberg, Germany 4 April 1945

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 17 Grave 9

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Tibenham 4 April 1945 Assigned to 703BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13729 / MACR 13729, ABMC, 2AD Roll of Honor / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Walter Kilmen: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 56653 - Sgt Walter Kilmen, 445BG.

Object number: UPL 56654 - Walter Kilmen draft registration card.