Leo Kenneth English
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A photo I found in my collection
Object Number - UPL 31186 - Kenneth English (Margaret’s Son) Shot down over North Sea
Bombardier, Hendricks crew. Squadron Bombardier, 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.
Columbus, OH
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12064208
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741891
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot, Tail Gunner, Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-427643
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37005598
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17074778
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA | 30 May 1920 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Died |
9 October 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Updated the Born event and middle name and Added a cemetery to the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56289511.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289511/leo-kenneth-english
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
