Kenneth Kessenger
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 42-52610 'The Madam. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Lewis Wayne Straw
Military
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MACR 3847 42-52610 "The Madame" 466th BG | 786th BS 08 Apr 1944
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52610 'The Madam', Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag XVIIB.
POW, Bronze Battle Star, Purple Heart, member of Caterpillar Club
Service
People
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
786th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-52610 The Madame
B-24 Liberator
Mission 291 350 B-24s are dispatched to aviation industry targets in Brunswick. 1944-04-08 - MACR #: 3847 Notes: 52610 (466th BG) lost Apr 8, 1944, Germany. MACR 3847
Associated Place
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Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Pennsylvania, USA | 11 June 1924 |
| Shot Down/Captured | Brunswick, Germany | 8 April 1944 |
| Died | Johnstown, PA, USA | 9 July 1985 |
| Buried | 12 July 1985 | |
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Lloyd Cemetery |
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| POW | Gneixendorf, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria | |
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Stalag Luft 17B |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 June 2021 21:36:12 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 May 2018 17:52:24 | Mydad | Changes to middlename, nickname and awards |
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Service record, debrief report, oral history |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 July 2016 02:59:54 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=straw&GSfn=lewis&G... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:18:54 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3847, relative |
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