Kenneth Howard Loehwing

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8175



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-442510
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Jersey City, NJ 5 November 1919 Son of Ernest John and Clarice [Hornby] Loehwing .

Enlisted

New York City, NY 5 September 1942 New York City, New York

Died

Rehmsdorf, Germany 16 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 42-97797 'Full House'16-Aug-44. Flak hit caused mid-air collision, crashed Rehmsdorf, NE of Zeitz, Germany. KIA MACR 8175

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Horham 16 August 1944 Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, Bergen County, NJ Re-Interred George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8175 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database