John H Kinsey Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 4 February 1943 in B-17F 42-5060 while serving as Navigator. Mission was to Hamm, May have been shot down about 6 miles east of Den Helder, Holland. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR issued for this loss.



Air Medal, Purple Heart

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Den Helder, Netherlands 4 February 1943 Killed when aircraft crashed into the sea 6 miles east of Dem Helder, Holland. His remains have never been recovered.

Born

Kent County, Michigan

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery

Revisions

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Contributordarrinsilvester
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Sources

School Records from Plymouth High School where he attended High School and graduated in 1936.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 29-Jan-2015. Added Decorations, confirmed SN, and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Name, crew position and KIA details correlated with "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography adding crew position per 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. No MACR was issued for this loss.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, , Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey, p .73-74, WWII National Monument web site