Kenneth LeRoy Addison
Military
Co-Pilot
Crew #602 - Thomas J. Czapko Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 7407 - 1LT Kenneth L. Addison Co-Pilot Crew #602 - Thomas J. Czapko Crew 466th BG - 786th BS
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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 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-684293
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newcastle, NE 68757, USA | 2 April 1921 | |
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Based |
Attlebridge | 22 March 1944 - 8 July 1944 | |
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Died |
Inman, KS 67546, USA | 3 February 2008 | Kenneth "Kenny" Addison, 86, died Feb. 3, 2008, at Pleasant View Home, Inman. He was born April 2, 1921, in Newcastle, Neb, the son of Dean and Frances Smith Addison. He was a graduate of the Souix City Iowa High School and attended Business College in Souix City. A Hutchinson resident since 1957, he owned and operated Al-Char Bowling Lanes in Hutchinson, and Riverside Bowling Lanes in South Hutchinson. He was retired from Cessna, manager of the shipping and receiving dept. He belonged to the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68, Loyal Order of the Moose No. 982. He was a US veteran serving during World War II. He was a B-24 Pilot. During the Korean Conflict he flew B-29s and then flew RB-47s for the Strategic Air Command, stationed in Thule, Greenland. On April 10, 1943, he married Mildred L. "Millie" Lee, in Muskogee, Okla. She died Jan. 16, 2003. |
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Buried |
Hutchinson, KS, USA | 6 February 2008 | Fairlawn Burial Park Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA |
| Sioux City, IA, USA | 430 Higbee Street |
Revisions
ContributorMarcia466BG
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Sources
US Census (NARA); BIRLS File (Ancestry); Iowa WWII Pension Application; Find-A-Grave Memorials; WW II Draft Registration Cards (Ancestry)
ContributorMarcia466BG
Changes
Sources
US Federal Census Records (NARA); Iowa WWII Pension Application (Ancestry): BIRLS File (Ancestry); WWII Draft Registration (NARA);
Find- A-Grave Memorial (Ancestry)
Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford
