Vernon Leroy McKinstry Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 64534 - 1st Lt Vernon L. McKinstry

Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Co-pilot of 44-40230 'Tung Hoi', Pilot of 44-40165 'Rage in Heaven'. Crashed, exploded and burned 5-Jan-45 in assembly ship 'Rage in Heaven' near Swaffham after taking off in a snowstorm to lead the assembly of the group. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

David J Allen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group

David L Hunter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34636844
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William Douglas Kunkel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37528720
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

David Elwood MacCallum

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31370018
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

Bartley F McConnell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16192014
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

44-40165

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rage In Heaven
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

44-40230

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tung Hoi
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 9 August 1921 Son of Vernon Leroy Sr. and Loraine [Fromang] McKinstry

Died

Swaffham, UK 5 January 1945

Based

North Pickenham Assigned to 852BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Sec: 11, Site: 864

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/29425668
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49256094/vernon-leroy-mckinstry

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Sources

491st BG Roster, Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Vernon McKinstry

Object number: UPL 64534 - 1st Lt Vernon L. McKinstry