Kenneth Robert Kessenger
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 23612
1LT Kenneth R. Kessenger
Pilot - Crew #616
466th BG - 786th BS
KIA 8 April 1944 when shot down by German fighters while flying B-24H-15-FO #42-51610 "The Madame"
Pilot - Crew #616
466th BG - 786th BS
KIA 8 April 1944 when shot down by German fighters while flying B-24H-15-FO #42-51610 "The Madame"
466th BG Archives
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 42-52610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-698649
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16122131
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13135136
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18186538
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39194395
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Madame
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 August 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Limon, Colorado | 25 April 1918 | |
Enlisted |
13 January 1942 | Enlisted at Lowry Field, CA. | |
Other KIA |
near Brunswick, Germany | 8 April 1944 | |
Limon, CO 80828, USA | |||
Goodland, KS 67735, USA | 1519 Clark St | ||
Buried |
Plot C Row 3 Grave 57 Ardennes American Cemetery in Neuville-en=Condroz, Liege, Belgium. |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources
US Federal census records; National Archives and Records Adminstration Enlistment records; Sherman Co, (KS) Herald Newspaper article 27 Apr 1944 MIA and KIA article 10 August 1944; Ardennes American Cemetery Records; Application for military headstone filed by Mr. Raymond D. Kessenger (father of deceased)
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3847