Martin M Keniston

Military
media-48295.jpeg UPL 48295 Martin Keniston being awarded the Air Medal

Picture from his Daughter Sharon Sutton

Object Number - UPL 48295 - Martin Keniston being awarded the Air Medal

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 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Revisions

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updated BIo with missions from http://351st.org/personnel.php

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Changed bio

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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