Jerold Dudley Kethley
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 12-Aug-43 in B-17 42-5787 'Billie Kay', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 262
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18060896
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17061556 / O-739911
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 30 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Munday, TX | 18 May 1917 | Son of J. Dudley and Ruby Clyde [Maples] Kethley. |
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Enlisted |
Lubbock, TX | 14 January 1942 | Lubbock, Texas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 12 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Forsbach, Germany | 12 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen in B-17 42-5787; A/C crashed Forsbach, Germany MACR 262 |
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Died |
Shawnee, OK | 22 August 2009 | |
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Buried |
Resthaven Memorial Park Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, OK | 25 August 2009 | Resthaven Memorial Park Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Updated Highest Rank per "Operational Status Chart on page 25 of Friends Journal, Summer 2020 Vol.43 No.3.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 262 / MACR 262, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 142, 227 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database