USAAF WW2
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton MIA/KIA
Hometown: Oklahoma
Squadron: 398th 504th Bomb Group
Service# 2061141
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. MIA/KIA
Target:Kawasaki urban area,
MACR #14278
Mission Date: 16-Apr-45
Serial Number: #42-24821
Aircraft Model B-29
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Aphrodite
Location: Ditched At Sea Kanagwa
Cause: Unknown crew of 10 MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Boughton appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial lost April 1945 . He also has a cenotaph memorial Fairlawn Cemetery his body was never recovered.
Two missions are flown during the night of 15-16 April:
(Mission 68) One hundred and ninety-four B-29's from the 313th and 314th BW's attack the Kawasaki urban area, and eight B-29's attack other targets. Twelve B-29's are lost.
One of the aircraft lost was:
Lt. Barlow's crew:
1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. Pilot
2nd/Lt. Charles A. Barr
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton
2nd/Lt. David M. Knell
2nd/Lt. Horace J. Panken
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Cpl. Everett E. Austerman Gunner
Cpl. Leo-Paul R. Dutil Gunner
Cpl. Bernard J. Muray Gunner
Cpl. Leonard H. Rutshaw Gunner
This crew appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA Their remains were never recovered. They were declared KIA April 1946
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton MIA/KIA
Hometown: Oklahoma
Squadron: 398th 504th Bomb Group
Service# 2061141
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. MIA/KIA
Target:Kawasaki urban area,
MACR #14278
Mission Date: 16-Apr-45
Serial Number: #42-24821
Aircraft Model B-29
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Aphrodite
Location: Ditched At Sea Kanagwa
Cause: Unknown crew of 10 MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Boughton appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial lost April 1945 . He also has a cenotaph memorial Fairlawn Cemetery his body was never recovered.
Two missions are flown during the night of 15-16 April:
(Mission 68) One hundred and ninety-four B-29's from the 313th and 314th BW's attack the Kawasaki urban area, and eight B-29's attack other targets. Twelve B-29's are lost.
One of the aircraft lost was:
Lt. Barlow's crew:
1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. Pilot
2nd/Lt. Charles A. Barr
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton
2nd/Lt. David M. Knell
2nd/Lt. Horace J. Panken
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Cpl. Everett E. Austerman Gunner
Cpl. Leo-Paul R. Dutil Gunner
Cpl. Bernard J. Muray Gunner
Cpl. Leonard H. Rutshaw Gunner
This crew appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA Their remains were never recovered. They were declared KIA April 1946
USAAF WW2
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton MIA/KIA
Hometown: Oklahoma
Squadron: 398th 504th Bomb Group
Service# 2061141
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. MIA/KIA
Target:Kawasaki urban area,
MACR #14278
Mission Date: 16-Apr-45
Serial Number: #42-24821
Aircraft Model B-29
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Aphrodite
Location: Ditched At Sea Kanagwa
Cause: Unknown crew of 10 MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Boughton appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial lost April 1945 . He also has a cenotaph memorial Fairlawn Cemetery his body was never recovered.
Two missions are flown during the night of 15-16 April:
(Mission 68) One hundred and ninety-four B-29's from the 313th and 314th BW's attack the Kawasaki urban area, and eight B-29's attack other targets. Twelve B-29's are lost.
One of the aircraft lost was:
Lt. Barlow's crew:
1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. Pilot
2nd/Lt. Charles A. Barr
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton
2nd/Lt. David M. Knell
2nd/Lt. Horace J. Panken
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Cpl. Everett E. Austerman Gunner
Cpl. Leo-Paul R. Dutil Gunner
Cpl. Bernard J. Muray Gunner
Cpl. Leonard H. Rutshaw Gunner
This crew appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA Their remains were never recovered. They were declared KIA April 1946
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton MIA/KIA
Hometown: Oklahoma
Squadron: 398th 504th Bomb Group
Service# 2061141
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. MIA/KIA
Target:Kawasaki urban area,
MACR #14278
Mission Date: 16-Apr-45
Serial Number: #42-24821
Aircraft Model B-29
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Aphrodite
Location: Ditched At Sea Kanagwa
Cause: Unknown crew of 10 MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Boughton appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial lost April 1945 . He also has a cenotaph memorial Fairlawn Cemetery his body was never recovered.
Two missions are flown during the night of 15-16 April:
(Mission 68) One hundred and ninety-four B-29's from the 313th and 314th BW's attack the Kawasaki urban area, and eight B-29's attack other targets. Twelve B-29's are lost.
One of the aircraft lost was:
Lt. Barlow's crew:
1st/Lt. Elmer H. Barlow Jr. Pilot
2nd/Lt. Charles A. Barr
2nd/Lt. Kenneth Boughton
2nd/Lt. David M. Knell
2nd/Lt. Horace J. Panken
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Sgt. Maxwell M. Atkinson Jr. Gunner
Cpl. Everett E. Austerman Gunner
Cpl. Leo-Paul R. Dutil Gunner
Cpl. Bernard J. Muray Gunner
Cpl. Leonard H. Rutshaw Gunner
This crew appears Tablets of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Hawaii, USA Their remains were never recovered. They were declared KIA April 1946
Inscription
"LOST IN ACTION NEAR KAWASAKI JAPAN" Cenotaph marker with parents, at Stillwater Oklahoma, ID # 235782022
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Oklahoma.
