Kenneth Shirley Ames

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20234.jpeg UPL 20234

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Object Number - UPL 20234

Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return(FTR) area patrol to St Quentin. Failed to pull out in time from diving strafing pass at Couvron/Laon aerodrome in P-47D 42-26533, flew into ground, bounced up 50ft and exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). 1-Aug-44. MACR 8198.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wrentham, MA, USA 6 July 1923 To George Edward & Mabel Doris Ames (nee L'herault)

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 16 September 1942 As Private in Air Corps Reserve

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

02000 Laon, France 1 August 1944 Failed to Return(FTR) area patrol to St Quentin. Failed to pull out in time from diving strafing pass at Couvron/Laon aerodrome in P-47D 42-26533, flew into ground, bounced up 50ft and exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). 1-Aug-44. MACR 8198.

Buried

Wrentham, MA, USA Wrentham Center Cemetery Wrentham Norfolk County MA, USA.

Other

Assigned

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK 1 August 1944 Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

MA Marriage Index, Find-a-Grave

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National Archives, Find-A-Grave, Application for grave marker

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8198 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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