Kenneth Frank Duffy

Military

Assigned 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Lt Rex Brudos crew. 13 x combat missions. Credited 1 x fighter. Failed to Return (FTR) Laaland, Denmark in B-24 42-52423; Shot down 9-Apr-44, Prisoner of War (POW).





Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

People

Aircraft

42-52423

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Landing, NJ 8 July 1922 Son of Betty Duffy.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 5 June 1942 Newark, New Jersey

Other

Baled out POW

Laaland, Denmark 9 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Laaland, Denmark in B-24 42-52423; Shot down 9-Apr-44 . Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 9 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Based

Horsham St Faith 9 April 1944 Assigned 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3837 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 3837 & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458