Michael G Kennedy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 21664 - Michael Kennedy - Storm Lake, 93rd BG, KIA
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 41-24215.
Navigator B-24 41-24298 'Queenie', shot down by Me 109 fighters on 13-Nov-43 mission to Bremen, Germany Port Area. Plane crashed into North Sea, off west coast Isle of Amrum near Norddorf, Germany. KIA. MACR 2198.
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17032797 at enlistment in 1941 / 0-724625
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Early, IA | 27 December 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
11 July 1941 | ||
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Other Flew to ETO |
Bangor, MN | 23 May 1943 | Departed Bangor, Maine for European Theatre of Operations. |
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Other Returned to UK |
1 September 1943 | Departed Middle East for UK. | |
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Died Killed in action |
Amrum, Germany | 13 November 1943 | Shot down by Me 109 fighters on 13-Nov-43 mission to Bremen, Germany Port Area. Plane crashed into North Sea, off west coast Isle of Amrum near Norddorf, Germany. KIA. MACR 2198. |
| Storm Lake, Iowa | |||
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands. | |
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Based Assigned |
Hardwick | 13 November 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF. |
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Other Navigator Training |
Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX | Kelly Field San Antonio, TX 4-Nov-41; Victory Field, Vernon, TX Dec-41; Ellington Field Houston, TX Mar-42; Hondo, TX Jun-42; Graduated 2nd Lt. | |
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Other Instructor |
Hondo, TX | Navigator Instructor, Hondo, TX | |
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Other Bombardier training |
Carlsbad, NM | 18 January 1943 | Bombardier training, Carlsbad, New Mexico |
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Other TDY 9AF |
Departed UK for Middle East on TDY to 9AF. |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 2189 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2189 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
