Vincent Joseph Kaminski | American Air Museum

Vincent Joseph Kaminski

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311.

Awards: AM(3OLC), PH

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

The insignia of the 615th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

615th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Jack Douglas Agee

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 6962724
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

J Dee Black

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-749667
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Everett Merle Bushendorf

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 36264715
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Larry Ray Cooper

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14053345
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Robert J Enstad

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-97073

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

376

Date: 28 May 1944

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died	Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany	28 May 1944	Shot down 6-Mar-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311.
Born	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Based	Deenethorpe	28 May 1944	Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
	Jackson County, MN, USA
Buried			Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

Date2 Dec 2017 11:25:17

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28636889?terms=42-97073
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762789?terms=Vincent%20J%20Kaminski
https://www.fold3.com/record/529893684-vincent-j-kaminski
https://www.fold3.com/page/529893684-vincent-j-kaminski/facts
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56656869/vincent-j-kaminski

Date1 Dec 2017 12:00:47

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28636889?terms=42-97073
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762789?terms=Vincent%20J%20Kaminski
https://www.fold3.com/record/529893684-vincent-j-kaminski
https://www.fold3.com/page/529893684-vincent-j-kaminski/facts
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56656869/vincent-j-kaminski

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:31

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5311 / MACR 5311, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=318 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database