Francis Chase Kincannon

Military

Shot down by flak and force-landed near Chaam, Holland in B-17 #42-97564 on 20 July 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Ended his Air Force career as a Lieutenant Colonel.

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Units served with

418th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Louis Hyman Abromowitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

George Edward Bonitz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-694318
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Navigator

Daniel Martin Cargile

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 38372191
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Robert David Chavez

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39559984
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Daniel Barnette Deason

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15335693
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer

Aircraft

42-97564

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

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Date: 20 July 1944

Places

Thorpe Abbotts

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	21 April 1918	Texas
Other force-landed	20 July 1944	Was pilot of B-17 42-97564. Forced landing near Chaam Holland. Immediately captured.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	20 July 1944	Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops.
Died	19 July 1971	Rockport, Texas
		Waco, Texas
Buried		Francis Kincannon rests at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas

Revisions

Date31 Jan 2019 11:54:52

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:45

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database