Conrad Louis Kantzler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Richard Wilson crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabisch Hall . Crashed at Dusseldorf on 13-Sep-44 in B-24 'Times Awaisting' 44-40234 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8860



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

People

Richard C Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746499
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.

44-40234

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Times Awaisting
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, NY 21 September 1918 Son of Louis C and Irene Kantzler.

Enlisted

Fort Jay, Governors Island, NY 13 April 1942 Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York

Died

Killed in action

Dusseldorf, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Swabisch Hall . Crashed at Dusseldorf on 13-Sep-44 in B-24 'Times Awaisting' 44-40234 KIA MACR 8860

Buried

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Plot C Row 1 Grave 7
Forest Hills, NY Husband to Elnore Doris Kantzler. Forrest Hills, NY.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster;
MACR 8860

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8860