Ernest Byard Kidd
Military
Added POW card
Object Number - UPL 19083 - Ernest Kidd's POW card at Stalag Luft 3
Ernest Kidd was Pilot of B-17 "Skunkface" #42-29656, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed behind the railway station at Lens, NNW of Mons, Belgium. Kidd was suffering from a broken upper thigh and was hospitalized at Mons by the Germans on the day of the crash. Transferred to one in Brussels on 28 February, he was later sent to Stalag Luft 3, Sagan.
Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803930
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065646 and O-744176
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13026553
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13083837
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15354408
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Terrible Ten : Skunkface
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hilliard, Ohio, United States | 10 February 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
Ft Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, United States | 31 March 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Żagań, Poland | 20 February 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Landed in the middle of the Luftwaffe air base at Chièvres, Belgium. Immediately captured, was interned at Stalag Luft 3. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 14 July 1945” |
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Died |
Columbus, Ohio, United States | 4 June 2001 | |
| Columbus, Ohio, United States | |||
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Buried |
Hampton Cemetery, West Jefferson, Ohio, United States |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2460 / MACR 2460, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
