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416th Bombardment Group (L) 1Lt. James Patrick ("Jimmy") Kenny Pilot, O-691368 Killed In Action - Mar 18, 1945 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) 1Lt. James Patrick ("Jimmy") Kenny Pilot, O-691368 Killed In Action - Mar 18, 1945 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 23-Jun-1918, New York, New York County, New York
Entered Military Service: Date: 25-Jul-1942 At: Ft Jay, Governors Island, NY From: Queens County, New York NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 32413595 Buried: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France, Plot D Row 41 Grave 23 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Overseas American Cemeteries American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate Find-A-Grave Fields of Honor Database |
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Lt. James P. Kenny Listed as Killed The War Department has notified Mrs. Mary E. Kenny of 462 Beach 113d St., Belle Harbor, that her son, 1st Lt. James P. Kenny, a policeman until he entered the Army AirForces in 1942, has been listed as dead. Lieutenant Kenny, 27, has been missing in action over Worms, Germany, since March 18, 1945. He was a pilot of an A-26 attack plane and was attached to the 9th Air Force. He was on his 58th mission when he was shot down. Lieutenant Kenny had been a member of the Police Department for a year before he joined the army. He was stationed at the 101st Precinct, Far Rockawar. Surviving, besides his mother, are two sisters, Anne and Mary, and two bothers, Thomas and Joseph. Extracted from Newspapers.com |
See also 1Lt James Patrick Kenny Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(Courtesy of Margaret McEvoy)
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While on a mission to destroy the Worms Communicatins Center, Lt. Kenny's plane received a direct hit in the left engine and disintegrated in flames. Lt. Kenny was Killed in Action. His gunner, Ssgt Jack Sittarich was able to parachute and was captured by German forces.
See also:
Jack Sittarich reading a letter
he wrote to Jimmy Kenny's mother after the war.
Taped during the September, 2010 416th BG Reunion at Branson, MO by Wayne Sayles.
Interview with Jack Sittarich
detailing the events of Mission 239 to Worms, Germany
on March 18, 1945 leading to the capture and imprisonment of Ssgt Sittarich and the death of
Lt. Jimmy Kenny. Taped during the September, 2009 416th BG Reunion at Branson, MO by Wayne Sayles.
See also MACR 13152 and Mission # 239
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Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
