Sergeant Kennedy served with the 848th
Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force based at Eye, Suffolk, England.
He was a radio operator aboard B-17G Flying
Fortress #43-38072. On a mission target to
Ruhland, Germany, their plane was rammed
by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber
was cut in half, with the tail section
separating relatively intact, allowing
the rear gunner to parachute to the ground
where he was taken as a POW and survived
the war.
Sgt. Kennedy and the remainder of the crew
went down with the ship, the center and
forward sections having disintegrated.
The crew killed in action were:
1Lt. John J Schultz, Pilot
2Lt. Frederick L Black, Co-pilot
2Lt. John M Farkas, navigator
SSgt. Joseph T Elie, engineer
Sgt. James R Butterfield, waist gunner
Sgt. Lloyd E. Kennedy, radio operator/gunner
Sgt. Charles G Lennon, armorer/gunner,
Sgt. Carl E Sten, ball turret gunner
Sergeant Kennedy served with the 848th
Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, 8th Air
Force based at Eye, Suffolk, England.
He was a radio operator aboard B-17G Flying
Fortress #43-38072. On a mission target to
Ruhland, Germany, their plane was rammed
by an ME-262 jet fighter, and the bomber
was cut in half, with the tail section
separating relatively intact, allowing
the rear gunner to parachute to the ground
where he was taken as a POW and survived
the war.
Sgt. Kennedy and the remainder of the crew
went down with the ship, the center and
forward sections having disintegrated.
The crew killed in action were:
1Lt. John J Schultz, Pilot
2Lt. Frederick L Black, Co-pilot
2Lt. John M Farkas, navigator
SSgt. Joseph T Elie, engineer
Sgt. James R Butterfield, waist gunner
Sgt. Lloyd E. Kennedy, radio operator/gunner
Sgt. Charles G Lennon, armorer/gunner,
Sgt. Carl E Sten, ball turret gunner
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