Ernest Byard Kidd

Military
media-19083.jpeg UPL 19083 Ernest Kidd's POW card at Stalag Luft 3

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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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Ernest Bonillas Serna

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39531503
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Ober Lawrence Torvik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19069446
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Rex Wertman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35743312
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Hilliard, Ohio, United States 10 February 1920

Enlisted

Ft Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, United States 31 March 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

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”

Died

Columbus, Ohio, United States 4 June 2001
Columbus, Ohio, United States

Buried

Hampton Cemetery, West Jefferson, Ohio, United States

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MACR 2460
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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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

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