Kennard Underwood Jr
Military
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UPL 17143
Crew #750
Russell A. Thompson Crew
Standing Left to Right: Judson V. Braselton (WG), Robert L. Wiseman (FE), Harold C. Boles (G), Bernard E. Weigel (R/O), Paul A. Salness (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Russell A. Thompson (P), Kennard Underwood (N), James A. Hufnagel (B)
Missing from photo: Allen L. Gessing (CP), Angelo A. Taranto (G)
This crew completed a 35 combat mission tour: 25 August 1944 - 2 March 1945 466th Bomb Group collection
Russell A. Thompson Crew
Standing Left to Right: Judson V. Braselton (WG), Robert L. Wiseman (FE), Harold C. Boles (G), Bernard E. Weigel (R/O), Paul A. Salness (G)
Kneeling Left to Right: Russell A. Thompson (P), Kennard Underwood (N), James A. Hufnagel (B)
Missing from photo: Allen L. Gessing (CP), Angelo A. Taranto (G)
This crew completed a 35 combat mission tour: 25 August 1944 - 2 March 1945 466th Bomb Group collection
Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
35 missions 8/26/44-3/2/45. 1 'No Ball' ski target in France, the rest over Germany, 1 dep. sqd. lead, 2/22/45--took lead. Witnessed 787th sq. mid-air collision 9/44
AM 4Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-697182
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Blockbuster
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Delores Jean
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gran Slam
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Joker
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Auburn, New York | 23 May 1922 | |
Died |
Flat Rock, NC, USA | 14 October 1997 | |
Buried |
Auburn, NY, USA | Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn Cayuga County New York, USA Plot: Consecration Dell Lot 70 Grave 16 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 430 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45)