Henry Michael Kerestes
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed near Nordhorn on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97447. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802509
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
- Date: 30 January 1944
- Date: 14 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA | 15 August 1919 | |
Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 9 January 1940 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham, UK | 11 December 1943 - 10 February 1944 | Shot down and KIA on his 11th combat mission |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Plot D Row 10 Grave 33 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Brandlecht, Germany | 10 February 1944 | Kerestes was KIA when his B-17 was attacked and shot down by Germany fighters |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2547 / MACR 2547, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database