Zeb Kendall Jr

Military
media-7287.jpeg UPL 7287 2LT Zeb Kendall, Jr.
Pilot
100th BG - 418th BG
Shot down 6 March 1944

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7287 - 2LT Zeb Kendall, Jr. Pilot 100th BG - 418th BG Shot down 6 March 1944

Shot down by fighters and crashed E of Qukenbruck, GR on a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-30278 'Sly Fox', Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sly Fox
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 385th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 550th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bürgermeister-Hasselhoff-Straße, 27299 Langwedel, Germany 6 March 1944 - 6 March 1944 Aircraft shot down. All on board KIA

Born

Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Buried

Liège, Belgium Route du Condroz 164 Neuville-en-Condroz Liège Belgium Postal Code: B-4121

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Added S/N per MACR 3016 at Fold3.com. Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/37106538

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Added a connection to the 100th BG as listed in the A/C description.

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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466th BG Historian

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MACR 3016 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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