Kenneth C McCabe
MilitaryJoined squad 3 August 1942. Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-24D 41-23819 'Rugged Bunny' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on a mission to Kiel, Germany. Aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed at Eckernforde, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)
POW
NOTE: This entry COMBINES data Paul Andrews Project Bits and Pieces.
Fw 190 destroyed 3/8/43.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rugged Buggy
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
14 May 1943 - 3 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 3-Jul-45. | |
Born |
DeKalb, Illinois |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Feb-2015. Added SN per MACR 15509; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added NOTE of combination of data from a duplicate entry from Paul Andrews Project Bits and Pieces.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, MACR 15509, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, picture of plane p. 118, NARA POW records