T J Kilmer
Military ROLL OF HONOURL-R: S/Sgt Richard L Guess, T/Sgt Arch M Crump, S/Sgt James V Roberts, S/Sgt Ronald L Nelson, S/Sgt Stephen L Hegedus, S/Sgt. T J Kilmer.
Shot down 16 April 1943 in B-24 #4124122 'Missouri Sue. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). Earlier on 26 February 1943 B-24 41-23734 'Night Raider' crashed landed on return to Britain with 3 crew members wounded in action. The landing was at RAF Ludham, Norfolk. All crew members were returned to action and plane was salvagable. Kilmer went on another mission the next day.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Missouri Sue
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 April 1943 | |
Born |
Woods County, Oklahoma | ||
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France (Wall of the Missing) |
Revisions
ABMC; MACR 15730, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 pp. 81-2 and 104. Ted's Traveling Circus picture p. 77-80 pictures pp 78-9, p 94 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15730 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database