First Lieutenant, 497th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force. Shot down aboard B-26G Marauder #43-34565 by anti-aircraft artillery over Erkelenz, Germany February 23, 1945. All eight crewmembers killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 12649.
◼ The crew KIA were:
CAPT Carl F Chapman Jr., O-659663, GA, Pilot
1LT Kenneth G Bowdish, O-741451, WA
1Lt John J Sheehan, O-816603, MA
1LT Frederick D Storey Jr., O-765744, TX
2LT James R Harl, O-722452, IA
SSGT Ballard J Bentley, 6941901, MD
TSGT John P "J.P." Herndon Jr., 18005969, TX
SSGT W T Williamson, 18083363, TX
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Kenneth served as a locomotive fireman before he was killed during WWII when his plane went down.
Military Information: 1st Lieutenant, US Air Corps
◼ The crew KIA were:
CAPT Carl F Chapman Jr., O-659663, GA, Pilot
1LT Kenneth G Bowdish, O-741451, WA
1Lt John J Sheehan, O-816603, MA
1LT Frederick D Storey Jr., O-765744, TX
2LT James R Harl, O-722452, IA
SSGT Ballard J Bentley, 6941901, MD
TSGT John P "J.P." Herndon Jr., 18005969, TX
SSGT W T Williamson, 18083363, TX
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Kenneth served as a locomotive fireman before he was killed during WWII when his plane went down.
Military Information: 1st Lieutenant, US Air Corps
First Lieutenant, 497th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force. Shot down aboard B-26G Marauder #43-34565 by anti-aircraft artillery over Erkelenz, Germany February 23, 1945. All eight crewmembers killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 12649.
◼ The crew KIA were:
CAPT Carl F Chapman Jr., O-659663, GA, Pilot
1LT Kenneth G Bowdish, O-741451, WA
1Lt John J Sheehan, O-816603, MA
1LT Frederick D Storey Jr., O-765744, TX
2LT James R Harl, O-722452, IA
SSGT Ballard J Bentley, 6941901, MD
TSGT John P "J.P." Herndon Jr., 18005969, TX
SSGT W T Williamson, 18083363, TX
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Kenneth served as a locomotive fireman before he was killed during WWII when his plane went down.
Military Information: 1st Lieutenant, US Air Corps
◼ The crew KIA were:
CAPT Carl F Chapman Jr., O-659663, GA, Pilot
1LT Kenneth G Bowdish, O-741451, WA
1Lt John J Sheehan, O-816603, MA
1LT Frederick D Storey Jr., O-765744, TX
2LT James R Harl, O-722452, IA
SSGT Ballard J Bentley, 6941901, MD
TSGT John P "J.P." Herndon Jr., 18005969, TX
SSGT W T Williamson, 18083363, TX
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Kenneth served as a locomotive fireman before he was killed during WWII when his plane went down.
Military Information: 1st Lieutenant, US Air Corps
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