Gordon Wilbur Kinney
Military
Object Number - UPL 40687 - Sgt Gordon W Kinney killed aboard B-24 'Classy Chassis II'
Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. Killed aboard B-24J 42-50291 'Classy Chassis II' which was being air tested, when hit be lightning in a thunderstorm, having aborted it's landing at base. A/C crashed into the Frekleton school and adjacent snack bar. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: Base Air Depot 2 Maintenance Division (Base Air Depot 2)
- Service Numbers: 17062814 / O-740035
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Blair, OK | 13 May 1918 | Son of Isaac Williel 'Tom' Kinney Jr and Maude Adeline [Hibdon] Kinney. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Sill, OK | 12 November 1941 | Fort Sill Oklahoma |
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Died |
Frekleton, UK | 23 August 1944 | Killed aboard B-24 'Classy Chassis II', crashed Frekleton, UK 23-Aug-44. |
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Buried |
25 August 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cams, UK | |
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Buried |
Tipton Memorial Cemetery, Tipton, OK | Re-Interred Tipton Memorial Cemetery, Tipton, Oklahoma | |
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Based |
Warton | 23 August 1944 | Assigned to 2BAD, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Freckleton Disaster
