Kermit Ronald Plaskett
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Plaskett Family Personal Collection
Object Number - UPL 55663 - Kermit Ronald Plaskett, S SGT.
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 4-Feb-43 in B-17 42-5060 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. 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.
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
13 September 1918 | He was the youngest of seven children born to James Samuel Plaskett and Laura Dorset Plaskett, in the small farming town of Jolon, Monterey County. | |
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Enlisted |
23 August 1941 | He had enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces at the rank of Private on August 23, 1941 at Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, California. Also called Fort Ord. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
4 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft crashed into the sea 6 miles east of Den Helder, Holland, probably due to fighter attack. His remains have never been recovered. | |
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Other Commemorated |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery | ||
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Based |
4 February 1943 | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 13816; Reel: 147
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1431. Citing: Serial #2213 , Order # 974.
Monterey County. California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. Citing: PLASKETT, Kermit Ronald, 13 Sep 1918. Book 5, page 1.
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.
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
