USAAF WORLD WAR II
Gunner S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. KIA
Hometown: South Carolina
Squadron: 740th 454th Bomb Group
Service# 14029893
Awards:
Pilot 1st/Lt. William D. Emery KIA
Target:
Mission Date: 22-Jul-44
Serial Number: # 42-50424
Aircraft Model B-24H
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Yugoslavia
Cause:
The group was constituted as 454th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 May 1943 and activated on 1 June at
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona. Training began immediately on Consolidated B-24 Liberators. Flying from Italy, the group flew 243 missions on over 150 primary targets in Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Poland. During this time, 13,389.19 tons of bombs were dropped during 7,091 sorties on enemy marshalling yards, oil refineries, bridges, installations, airdromes, rail lines, etc. The 454th participated in the drive to Rome, the invasion of Southern France, and the defeat of Axis forces in northern Italy. The 454th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for similar action on the high priority Messerschmitt Aircraft Factory at Bad Voslau, Austria on 12 April 1944. It earned a second DUC for "outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy" as a result of their mission against the Hermann Goering Steel Works in Linz, Austria on 25 July 1944.
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The 42-50424 Crew - with links to their Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery final resting place.
1st/Lt. William D. Emery Pilot
1st/Lt. Edmund C. Russell Pilot
1st/Lt. John L. Swanson Navigator
2nd/Lt. Dolson G. Meeker Navigator
S/Sgt. Simone J. Hanides Engineer
S/Sgt. J. W. Hollinsworth
S/Sgt. Benedict Jozefowicz Gunner
S/Sgt. William E. Graham Gunner
S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. Gunner
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Please note that the remains of Tenny K Kesler Jr were recovered and returned to the United States on May 17, 1955 or 1956. His final resting place is the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA, Plot: SECTION 84 SITE 342-344.
[Note: On March 13, 2016 this memorial page was kindly transferred to "Jim-S." (#46879912).]
Gunner S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. KIA
Hometown: South Carolina
Squadron: 740th 454th Bomb Group
Service# 14029893
Awards:
Pilot 1st/Lt. William D. Emery KIA
Target:
Mission Date: 22-Jul-44
Serial Number: # 42-50424
Aircraft Model B-24H
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Yugoslavia
Cause:
The group was constituted as 454th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 May 1943 and activated on 1 June at
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona. Training began immediately on Consolidated B-24 Liberators. Flying from Italy, the group flew 243 missions on over 150 primary targets in Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Poland. During this time, 13,389.19 tons of bombs were dropped during 7,091 sorties on enemy marshalling yards, oil refineries, bridges, installations, airdromes, rail lines, etc. The 454th participated in the drive to Rome, the invasion of Southern France, and the defeat of Axis forces in northern Italy. The 454th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for similar action on the high priority Messerschmitt Aircraft Factory at Bad Voslau, Austria on 12 April 1944. It earned a second DUC for "outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy" as a result of their mission against the Hermann Goering Steel Works in Linz, Austria on 25 July 1944.
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The 42-50424 Crew - with links to their Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery final resting place.
1st/Lt. William D. Emery Pilot
1st/Lt. Edmund C. Russell Pilot
1st/Lt. John L. Swanson Navigator
2nd/Lt. Dolson G. Meeker Navigator
S/Sgt. Simone J. Hanides Engineer
S/Sgt. J. W. Hollinsworth
S/Sgt. Benedict Jozefowicz Gunner
S/Sgt. William E. Graham Gunner
S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. Gunner
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Please note that the remains of Tenny K Kesler Jr were recovered and returned to the United States on May 17, 1955 or 1956. His final resting place is the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA, Plot: SECTION 84 SITE 342-344.
[Note: On March 13, 2016 this memorial page was kindly transferred to "Jim-S." (#46879912).]
USAAF WORLD WAR II
Gunner S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. KIA
Hometown: South Carolina
Squadron: 740th 454th Bomb Group
Service# 14029893
Awards:
Pilot 1st/Lt. William D. Emery KIA
Target:
Mission Date: 22-Jul-44
Serial Number: # 42-50424
Aircraft Model B-24H
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Yugoslavia
Cause:
The group was constituted as 454th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 May 1943 and activated on 1 June at
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona. Training began immediately on Consolidated B-24 Liberators. Flying from Italy, the group flew 243 missions on over 150 primary targets in Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Poland. During this time, 13,389.19 tons of bombs were dropped during 7,091 sorties on enemy marshalling yards, oil refineries, bridges, installations, airdromes, rail lines, etc. The 454th participated in the drive to Rome, the invasion of Southern France, and the defeat of Axis forces in northern Italy. The 454th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for similar action on the high priority Messerschmitt Aircraft Factory at Bad Voslau, Austria on 12 April 1944. It earned a second DUC for "outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy" as a result of their mission against the Hermann Goering Steel Works in Linz, Austria on 25 July 1944.
= = = = =
The 42-50424 Crew - with links to their Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery final resting place.
1st/Lt. William D. Emery Pilot
1st/Lt. Edmund C. Russell Pilot
1st/Lt. John L. Swanson Navigator
2nd/Lt. Dolson G. Meeker Navigator
S/Sgt. Simone J. Hanides Engineer
S/Sgt. J. W. Hollinsworth
S/Sgt. Benedict Jozefowicz Gunner
S/Sgt. William E. Graham Gunner
S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. Gunner
= = = = =
Please note that the remains of Tenny K Kesler Jr were recovered and returned to the United States on May 17, 1955 or 1956. His final resting place is the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA, Plot: SECTION 84 SITE 342-344.
[Note: On March 13, 2016 this memorial page was kindly transferred to "Jim-S." (#46879912).]
Gunner S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. KIA
Hometown: South Carolina
Squadron: 740th 454th Bomb Group
Service# 14029893
Awards:
Pilot 1st/Lt. William D. Emery KIA
Target:
Mission Date: 22-Jul-44
Serial Number: # 42-50424
Aircraft Model B-24H
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Yugoslavia
Cause:
The group was constituted as 454th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 14 May 1943 and activated on 1 June at
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona. Training began immediately on Consolidated B-24 Liberators. Flying from Italy, the group flew 243 missions on over 150 primary targets in Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and Poland. During this time, 13,389.19 tons of bombs were dropped during 7,091 sorties on enemy marshalling yards, oil refineries, bridges, installations, airdromes, rail lines, etc. The 454th participated in the drive to Rome, the invasion of Southern France, and the defeat of Axis forces in northern Italy. The 454th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for similar action on the high priority Messerschmitt Aircraft Factory at Bad Voslau, Austria on 12 April 1944. It earned a second DUC for "outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy" as a result of their mission against the Hermann Goering Steel Works in Linz, Austria on 25 July 1944.
= = = = =
The 42-50424 Crew - with links to their Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery final resting place.
1st/Lt. William D. Emery Pilot
1st/Lt. Edmund C. Russell Pilot
1st/Lt. John L. Swanson Navigator
2nd/Lt. Dolson G. Meeker Navigator
S/Sgt. Simone J. Hanides Engineer
S/Sgt. J. W. Hollinsworth
S/Sgt. Benedict Jozefowicz Gunner
S/Sgt. William E. Graham Gunner
S/Sgt. Tenny K. Kesler Jr. Gunner
= = = = =
Please note that the remains of Tenny K Kesler Jr were recovered and returned to the United States on May 17, 1955 or 1956. His final resting place is the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA, Plot: SECTION 84 SITE 342-344.
[Note: On March 13, 2016 this memorial page was kindly transferred to "Jim-S." (#46879912).]
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