per Chronicles of Oklahoma
"Kenneth L LeFors, Staff Sergeant, US Army Air corps. Home address: Sand Springs, Tulsa County, (Oklahoma) , Mrs Lucy Lefors, Mother, Rt 1, Gentry, Arkansas. Born May 25, 1910. Enlisted July 8, 1942. Decoration: Order of the Purple Heart. Served as Gunner. Died January 22, 1944, in line of duty Tacao Island, Central Pacific."
Suggested edit: S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force. He was killed on 22 January 1944 on a bombing mission when the B-25-G he was flying in was reportedly struck by bombs jettisoned from another aircraft flying above it. The plane was observed to go down in two pieces, being broken in two just behind the turret, with both pieces sinking immediately. The last known position of the aircraft was approximately eight miles southwest of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The members of the downed crew were:
2nd Lt. Robert G. Heun (Pilot)
2nd Lt. Frederick W. Klotz (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Paul McLaughlin (Bombardier/Navigator)
S/Sgt. Warren A. Fenno (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Sam A. Smith (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
Contributor: Jeremy Edward Shiok (48308689) • [email protected]
"Kenneth L LeFors, Staff Sergeant, US Army Air corps. Home address: Sand Springs, Tulsa County, (Oklahoma) , Mrs Lucy Lefors, Mother, Rt 1, Gentry, Arkansas. Born May 25, 1910. Enlisted July 8, 1942. Decoration: Order of the Purple Heart. Served as Gunner. Died January 22, 1944, in line of duty Tacao Island, Central Pacific."
Suggested edit: S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force. He was killed on 22 January 1944 on a bombing mission when the B-25-G he was flying in was reportedly struck by bombs jettisoned from another aircraft flying above it. The plane was observed to go down in two pieces, being broken in two just behind the turret, with both pieces sinking immediately. The last known position of the aircraft was approximately eight miles southwest of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The members of the downed crew were:
2nd Lt. Robert G. Heun (Pilot)
2nd Lt. Frederick W. Klotz (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Paul McLaughlin (Bombardier/Navigator)
S/Sgt. Warren A. Fenno (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Sam A. Smith (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
Contributor: Jeremy Edward Shiok (48308689) • [email protected]
per Chronicles of Oklahoma
"Kenneth L LeFors, Staff Sergeant, US Army Air corps. Home address: Sand Springs, Tulsa County, (Oklahoma) , Mrs Lucy Lefors, Mother, Rt 1, Gentry, Arkansas. Born May 25, 1910. Enlisted July 8, 1942. Decoration: Order of the Purple Heart. Served as Gunner. Died January 22, 1944, in line of duty Tacao Island, Central Pacific."
Suggested edit: S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force. He was killed on 22 January 1944 on a bombing mission when the B-25-G he was flying in was reportedly struck by bombs jettisoned from another aircraft flying above it. The plane was observed to go down in two pieces, being broken in two just behind the turret, with both pieces sinking immediately. The last known position of the aircraft was approximately eight miles southwest of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The members of the downed crew were:
2nd Lt. Robert G. Heun (Pilot)
2nd Lt. Frederick W. Klotz (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Paul McLaughlin (Bombardier/Navigator)
S/Sgt. Warren A. Fenno (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Sam A. Smith (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
Contributor: Jeremy Edward Shiok (48308689) • [email protected]
"Kenneth L LeFors, Staff Sergeant, US Army Air corps. Home address: Sand Springs, Tulsa County, (Oklahoma) , Mrs Lucy Lefors, Mother, Rt 1, Gentry, Arkansas. Born May 25, 1910. Enlisted July 8, 1942. Decoration: Order of the Purple Heart. Served as Gunner. Died January 22, 1944, in line of duty Tacao Island, Central Pacific."
Suggested edit: S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors was a member of the 47th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force. He was killed on 22 January 1944 on a bombing mission when the B-25-G he was flying in was reportedly struck by bombs jettisoned from another aircraft flying above it. The plane was observed to go down in two pieces, being broken in two just behind the turret, with both pieces sinking immediately. The last known position of the aircraft was approximately eight miles southwest of Taroa, an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The members of the downed crew were:
2nd Lt. Robert G. Heun (Pilot)
2nd Lt. Frederick W. Klotz (Co-Pilot)
2nd Lt. Paul McLaughlin (Bombardier/Navigator)
S/Sgt. Warren A. Fenno (Radio Operator/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Lefors (Engineer/Gunner)
S/Sgt. Sam A. Smith (Armorer/Gunner)
Source: Missing Air Crew Reports, 47th Bombardment Squadron (M), NARA.
Contributor: Jeremy Edward Shiok (48308689) • [email protected]
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