Steve Kernitz

Military
media-22164.jpeg UPL 22164 Newman's Crew. 603rd Squadron (15/8/1944).
Back L-R: S/Sg.t Norman Bergsma (Radio), S/Sg.t Leroy D. Kucharski (Gunner), T/Sgt. Cornelius P. Harrington (Engineer), S/Sgt. Arnold Money (Gunner), S/Sgt. Steve Kernitz (Gunner).
Front L-R: 2nd Lt. William D. Whitaker (Bombardier), 1st Lt. Herbert H. Newman (Pilot), 2nd Lt. William L. Frankhouser (Navigator), 2nd Lt. Paul G. Deininger (Co-Pilot).

Sourced from the 398th.org archive photos.

Object Number - UPL 22164 - Newman's Crew. 603rd Squadron (15/8/1944). Back L-R: S/Sg.t Norman Bergsma (Radio), S/Sg.t Leroy D. Kucharski (Gunner), T/Sgt. Cornelius P....

Crashed while taking off on runway #17 at Nuthampstead on 26 July 1944.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102553

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lil 8 Ball
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron 2015th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon

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Enlisted

Buffalo, NY 10 April 1943

Born

Erie County, NY

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fortresses Over Nuthampstead, pg 39

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