Forest E Kayser

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17131.jpeg UPL 17131 SGT Forest E. Kayser
Right Waist Gunner
Crew #619 - AJ Taft Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
KIA - 9 April 1944

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Object Number - UPL 17131 - SGT Forest E. Kayser Right Waist Gunner Crew #619 - AJ Taft Crew 466th BG - 786th BS KIA - 9 April 1944

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #4252569 'Lovely Lady. ' Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751575
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lovely Lady
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Huntington, WV, USA 19 December 1942

Buried

4750 Svinø, Denmark 10 April 1944

Born

Portsmouth, Ohio, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Saksfjedgård , Denmark 9 April 1944 was unable to bail out of aircraft before it crash landed in Denmark.

Buried

Portsmouth, OH, USA Greenlawn Cemetery Portsmouth Scioto County Ohio, USA

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466th BG Historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3844 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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