Warren L King
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
From my father's war album, Robert S. Ross
Object Number - UPL 70428 - Lt Warren L. King, navigator, 398th bomb group, Nuthampstead, England
Warren L. King was a navigator in the 398th, 8th Air Force. According to notes, his ship was hit by flak on a mission to Kassel, Germany on January 1, 1945. Reports state this the pilot put his ship in a dive to extinguish a fire in one of the engines. Lt King bailed out over the North Sea and was never found. My father, Lt Robert Rosenberg, witnessed the crash.
Killed in Action (KIA) ditched in the North Sea in B-17 #4338895
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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
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
1 January 1945 | ||
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Other KIA |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
1 January 1945 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11581 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
