Paul Henry McKenny
MilitaryIWM Collection: MOSELEY, L L and Family
Paul McKenny was a Pilot in the 78th Fighter Group/ 84th Fighter Squadron. He was flying P-47D #43-25303 on a strafing mission in the Frankfurt area, Germany on 10 September 1944. Report by 1st Lt Richard L. Baron in MACR 8689 : “Lt Mc Kenny was flying Number Four on my wing in White Flight (…) At about 12:30, on his first pass over the airdrome near Mainbullau, Germany, he pulled up and called me and said he had to belly in.” Baron saw him, made an 180° turn to cover him and called Mc Kenny after coming round, but got no answer. Baron looked for him in nearby fields but never saw Mc Kenny again. In MACR 8689, Mc Kenny reports he was hit at about 50ft altitude while strafing an airfield. His Thunderbolt P-47D #43-25303 was last sighted over the Mainbullau airfield and crashed in the Darmstadt area, according to Mc Kenny; between Dudenhofen and Jügesheim, Germany, according to German Report J-2065. It seems more logical to estimate the crash place as nearer to Jügesheim than Dudenhofen, as the former is about 50km NW of Mainbullau and just 20km NE of Darmstadt. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 8689. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 January 1921 | Appleton, Outgamie County, Wisconsin, United States | |
Enlisted |
31 August 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Other captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 September 1944 | bailed out NE of Darmstadt, Germany, from P-47D #43-25303. Sent to Dulag Luft on 4 November 1944. NARA WWII POW record : “Interned at Stalag Luft 1 (Barth, Germany). Returned to Military Control 12 May 1945.” | |
Died |
30 November 2005 | Wisconsin | |
Appleton, Outgamie County, Wisconsin | |||
Buried |
Paul Mc Kenny rests at the Arlington Park Cemetery in Greenfield, Wisconsin |
Revisions
MACR 8689
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII draft card
NARA WWII POW records
German Reports of Downed Allied Fighters and Other Aircraft, 1943 - 1945 – Report J-2065 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131505325
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8689