Frederick Thomas Kaye

Military
media-25797.jpeg UPL 25797 L-R: Lt Dale C Detjens, Lt Fred T Kaye, Lt Osterberg, Pvt Joseph W Kowalski, Cpl Edward L Potocnik, Cpl Joseph J Miller. 22-Jul-44 Barksdale Field, LA.

Object Number - UPL 25797 - L-R: Lt Dale C Detjens, Lt Fred T Kaye, Lt Osterberg, Pvt Joseph W Kowalski, Cpl Edward L Potocnik, Cpl Joseph J Miller. 22-Jul-44 Barksdale Field,...

Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany in B-26 41-35010 'Snakes Revenge' departing the target the formation was set upon by fighters. Dropped out of formation losing oil from both engines, caught fire, went out of control, crashing 3 km NW of Ahrweiler, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11674.



Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.

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Units served with

An airman of the 391st Bomb Group wearing a service dress jacket and kilt. Written on slide casing: '391 BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16056730 / O-705009
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Jinx, Snakes Revenge
  • Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.
  • Date: 23 December 1944

Places

Aerial photograph of Matching airfield looking south, the technical site is on the left, 19 July 1948. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/62.English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Matching Green

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lebanon, KY 40033, USA 24 January 1924 Son of Gladys [Steele] Kaye

Enlisted

Cincinnati, OH, USA 15 December 1942

Died

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany in B-26 41-35010 'Snakes Revenge' departing the target the formation was set upon by fighters. Dropped out of formation losing oil from both engines, caught fire, went out of control, crashing 3 km NW of Ahrweiler, Germany. KIA. MACR 11674.
Kentucky, USA

Based

Matching 23 December 1944 Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm Canton de Luxembourg Luxembourg

Buried

Elizabethtown, KY, USA Memorialised Elizabethtown City Cemetery Elizabethtown Hardin County Kentucky, USA

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