Kenneth Marvin Zirkle
MilitaryAssigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Saarbrucken in B-17 42-31611 11-May-44; Shot down by flak crashed Hagondange, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4870
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15097184 / O-738153
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Terre Haute, Springfield, OH | 22 November 1921 | Son of Ezra Clyde and Ollie Ettie [Shaffer] Zirkle. |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, OH | 10 October 1942 | Springfield, Ohio |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Bailed out - POW |
Hagondange, France | 11 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Saarbrucken in B-17 42-31611 11-May-44; Shot down by flak crashed Hagondange, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4870 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
11 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Kokomo, IN, USA | 18 September 2001 | |
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Buried |
Sunset Memory Garden Kokomo, Howard County, IN | 21 September 2001 | Sunset Memory Garden Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana |
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Based |
Chelveston | 11 May 1944 | Assigned to 366BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added a location for the "Buried" event.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4870 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database