Malcolm Blanchar MacKinnon

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-19491.jpeg UPL 19491 MacKinnon aircrew - 412th Bomb Sqdn B-17F-65-BO “Lonesome Polecat I” #42-29693 BACK ROW 1st Lt. Malcolm B. MacKinnon (pilot) F/O Eugene W. Wood (co-pilot) 2nd Lt. William H. Powell (navigator) 2nd Lt. Gerald J. Jenkins (bombardier) MIDDLE ROW T/Sgt Alexander A. Mareck (waist gunner) T/Sgt John J. Vail (radio operator) S/Sgt John F. Davoren (waist gunner) S/Sgt George Babich (top turret gunner) FRONT ROW S/Sgt Stanley D. Bennett (tail gunner) S/Sgt Lyle P. Blackridge (ball turret gunner).

This photo is believed to have been taken while the 95th Bomb Group was still in Rapid City, South Dakota. The crew, as shown above, is not the crew that was flying in the Lonesome Polecat on June 11th, 1943, when it was shot down and all aboard were KIA. Not with the crew that day were S/SGT Blackridge, 2LT Powell, and 2LT Jenkins.

Jim Hersom

Object Number - UPL 19491 - MacKinnon aircrew - 412th Bomb Sqdn B-17F-65-BO “Lonesome Polecat I” #42-29693 BACK ROW 1st Lt. Malcolm B. MacKinnon (pilot) F/O Eugene W. Wood...

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen, Germany. Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807.



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

George Eli Babich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 7022763
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Stanley Duane Bennett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17078402
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Richard M Cavanaugh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37373022
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Francis Davoren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31135366
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Alexander A Mareck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19040248
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29693

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesone Polecat
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Delmar, New York 17 August 1918 Son of Archibald R and Phyllis B MacKinnon.

Enlisted

Albany, NY, USA 16 December 1941 Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet on 16-Dec-41 at Albany, New York.

Other

Joined Squadron

1940 EP Howe Drive, Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706, USA 11 December 1942 - 12 May 1943 Joined 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Rapid City AAB, SD.

Based

Horham 12 May 1943 - 11 June 1943 Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Deployed to ETO.

Other

Killed in action

North Sea 11 June 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen, Germany. Shot down 11-Jun-43 in B-17 42-29693. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/page/83512628_malcolm_b%20mac%20kinnon/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/529906679_malcolm_b%20mac%20kinnon/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/310770478/?terms=Malcolm%20B%20Mac%20Kinnon
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56291953

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https://www.fold3.com/page/529906679_malcolm_b%20mac%20kinnon/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/310770478/?terms=Malcolm%20B%20Mac%20Kinnon
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56291953

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2807

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