Martin M Keniston
MilitaryPicture from his Daughter Sharon Sutton
The Picture is of Martin Keniston being awarded his Air Medal He is listed on the 351st BG website as having completed 30 missions as below.
13 May 1943 (Thu) BT S/Sgt 42-29868 Recalled-not credited Airfield St. Omer, France
14 May 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29868 Courtrai, Belgium Airfield
15 May 1943 (Sat) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Emden, Germany Industrial Area
19 May 1943 (Wed) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Kiel, Germany Submarine Pens & Docks
21 May 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29868 Wilhelmshaven,Germany Submarine Pens & Docks
29 May 1943 (Sat) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 St Nazaire, France Submarine Pens & Docks
11 Jun 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Wilhelmshaven, Germany Submarine Pens & Docks - Secondary
13 Jun 1943 (Sun) BT S/Sgt 42-30244 Bremen, Germany Submarine Building Yards
15 Jun 1943 (Tue) BT S/Sgt 42-29826 Le Mans, France Rhone Aircraft Engine Factory
23 Jun 1943 (Wed) BT S/Sgt 42-3140 Villacoublay, France Recalled Without Dropping Bombs
25 Jun 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Hamburg, Germany Nordenham Bombed as Last Resort
26 Jun 1943 (Sat) BT S/Sgt 42-29858 Villacoublay, France Target Not Bombed - Cloud Cover
28 Jun 1943 (Mon) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 St Nazaire, France Submarine Pens & Docks
25 Jul 1943 (Sun) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Hamburg, Germany Klockner Flugmotorenban
26 Jul 1943 (Mon) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Hamburg, Germany Blohn-Voss Submarine works
29 Jul 1943 (Thu) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Keil, Germany Kriegsmarinewerft - Submarine Yards
30 Jul 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29851 Kassel, Germany Henschel Motor Works
12 Aug 1943 (Thu) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Bochum, Germany Vereinigte Stahlwerke - Steel Mill
15 Aug 1943 (Sun) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Flushing, Holland Airfield
17 Aug 1943 (Tue) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Schweinfurt, Germany Ball Bearing Factory
19 Aug 1943 (Thu) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Gilze-Rijen, Holland Airfield
27 Aug 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Watten, France "Secret Weapon" Construction Site
31 Aug 1943 (Tue) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Amiens-Gilsy, France Airfield
2 Sep 1943 (Thu) BT S/Sgt 42-29825 Conche & Evreaux-Fauville Aerodrome-Recalled Did Not Drop Bombs
3 Sep 1943 (Fri) BT S/Sgt 42-29825 Romilly-sur-Seine, France Airfield
6 Sep 1943 (Mon) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Offenburg, Germany Railroad Marshalling Yard
7 Sep 1943 (Tue) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Brussels-Evere, Belgium Aerodrome
9 Sep 1943 (Thu) BT S/Sgt 42-29882 Lille-Norde Aerodrome
6 Jun 1944 (Tue) RO T/Sgt 42-31879 near Caen, France D-Day Invasion (Gun Emplacement)
12 Jun 1944 (Mon) BT T/Sgt 42-31879 Cambrai/Niergnies, France Airfield
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/