Kenneth R Aulenbach

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

B-17F 41-24496, 'Chenault's Pappy', 306BG/423BS, on which he was serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, was attacked by FW190s after leaving the target area near St. Nazaire 17-November-1942. Killed in Action (KIA) 3 crew members were injured as the plane suffered severe damage. A/C landed at Exeter and was salvaged for parts.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chennault's Pappy
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

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Killed in Action (KIA)

17 November 1942 Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters. His remains were aboard the aircraft when it returned to England at RAF Exeter.

Buried

The American Battle Monument Commission does not have a record that his remains are in any American cemetery in Europe. However, it is possible that he was originally buried at Cambridge American Cemetery and that after the war his remains were repatriated to the United States to the State of his home of record.

Revisions

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Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Edited description to add crew position; made place and aircraft associations with existing data.

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Lee Cunningham 2-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

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Combat Chronology Supplement, 3Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 46 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia