Suggested edit from FAG Contributor (47152231)
S. Sgt. Kenneth Berry, tail gunner on the bomber, "Battle Package," missing since a raid over Germany July 7, was killed in action on that date. His wife, Mrs. Joyce Berry, 825 Isabelle, has received a message from the adjutant general.
The 21 - year - old flier joined the AAF after graduating from Treadwell in 1942 and went overseas last January. Sgt. had completed 27 combat missions when his plane failed to return to its English base and was awarded the Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters.
He also leaves his mother, Mrs. D.T. Bonner of Mobile; his father, Mack Berry of Detroit, and his brother, Pfc. Jimmie A. Berry with the Marines overseas.
Information from The Commercial Appeal, August 19, 1944.
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Tail Gunner S/Sgt. Kenneth M. Berry, KIA
Home: Memphis, Tennessee.
Squadron: 564th Bomb Sq 389th Bomb Gp
Service ID: 34503265.
Pilot Capt William P. Bates, KIA
Target: Halle, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR #: 7492.
Date Lost: 7-Jul-44
Serial Number: 42-51144
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-25-DT
Aircraft Letter: A
Aircraft Name:
Location: 20 miles N. of Halle
Cause: AA damage led to mid-air collision with 492nd BG B-24. 10 KIA, 3 POW
Notes: This aircraft with Command Pilot Capt. Walter Beckett aboard was leading the 453rd Bomb Group & 2nd Combat Wing when at 0927 it collided head-on with an unidentified B-24 of another group. Both aircraft went down. Three chutes observed. Capt. Beckett, Lt. Kosky, and FO Saugen were survivors from 42-51144.
Five 389th BG aircraft are lost on a mission to Halle, Germany.
Crew killed in action:
Capt. William P. Bates
1st/Lt. Otto W. Becker
1Lt Frank E. Nadler
1Lt Wilfred J. Thom
T/Sgt Walter W. Berg
T/Sgt Robert Lastrapes
S/Sgt Kenneth M. Berry
S/Sgt William Bilowich
S/Sgt Jack T. Reynolds
S/Sgt Ansley Thompson
S. Sgt. Kenneth Berry, tail gunner on the bomber, "Battle Package," missing since a raid over Germany July 7, was killed in action on that date. His wife, Mrs. Joyce Berry, 825 Isabelle, has received a message from the adjutant general.
The 21 - year - old flier joined the AAF after graduating from Treadwell in 1942 and went overseas last January. Sgt. had completed 27 combat missions when his plane failed to return to its English base and was awarded the Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters.
He also leaves his mother, Mrs. D.T. Bonner of Mobile; his father, Mack Berry of Detroit, and his brother, Pfc. Jimmie A. Berry with the Marines overseas.
Information from The Commercial Appeal, August 19, 1944.
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Tail Gunner S/Sgt. Kenneth M. Berry, KIA
Home: Memphis, Tennessee.
Squadron: 564th Bomb Sq 389th Bomb Gp
Service ID: 34503265.
Pilot Capt William P. Bates, KIA
Target: Halle, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR #: 7492.
Date Lost: 7-Jul-44
Serial Number: 42-51144
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-25-DT
Aircraft Letter: A
Aircraft Name:
Location: 20 miles N. of Halle
Cause: AA damage led to mid-air collision with 492nd BG B-24. 10 KIA, 3 POW
Notes: This aircraft with Command Pilot Capt. Walter Beckett aboard was leading the 453rd Bomb Group & 2nd Combat Wing when at 0927 it collided head-on with an unidentified B-24 of another group. Both aircraft went down. Three chutes observed. Capt. Beckett, Lt. Kosky, and FO Saugen were survivors from 42-51144.
Five 389th BG aircraft are lost on a mission to Halle, Germany.
Crew killed in action:
Capt. William P. Bates
1st/Lt. Otto W. Becker
1Lt Frank E. Nadler
1Lt Wilfred J. Thom
T/Sgt Walter W. Berg
T/Sgt Robert Lastrapes
S/Sgt Kenneth M. Berry
S/Sgt William Bilowich
S/Sgt Jack T. Reynolds
S/Sgt Ansley Thompson
Suggested edit from FAG Contributor (47152231)
S. Sgt. Kenneth Berry, tail gunner on the bomber, "Battle Package," missing since a raid over Germany July 7, was killed in action on that date. His wife, Mrs. Joyce Berry, 825 Isabelle, has received a message from the adjutant general.
The 21 - year - old flier joined the AAF after graduating from Treadwell in 1942 and went overseas last January. Sgt. had completed 27 combat missions when his plane failed to return to its English base and was awarded the Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters.
He also leaves his mother, Mrs. D.T. Bonner of Mobile; his father, Mack Berry of Detroit, and his brother, Pfc. Jimmie A. Berry with the Marines overseas.
Information from The Commercial Appeal, August 19, 1944.
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Tail Gunner S/Sgt. Kenneth M. Berry, KIA
Home: Memphis, Tennessee.
Squadron: 564th Bomb Sq 389th Bomb Gp
Service ID: 34503265.
Pilot Capt William P. Bates, KIA
Target: Halle, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR #: 7492.
Date Lost: 7-Jul-44
Serial Number: 42-51144
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-25-DT
Aircraft Letter: A
Aircraft Name:
Location: 20 miles N. of Halle
Cause: AA damage led to mid-air collision with 492nd BG B-24. 10 KIA, 3 POW
Notes: This aircraft with Command Pilot Capt. Walter Beckett aboard was leading the 453rd Bomb Group & 2nd Combat Wing when at 0927 it collided head-on with an unidentified B-24 of another group. Both aircraft went down. Three chutes observed. Capt. Beckett, Lt. Kosky, and FO Saugen were survivors from 42-51144.
Five 389th BG aircraft are lost on a mission to Halle, Germany.
Crew killed in action:
Capt. William P. Bates
1st/Lt. Otto W. Becker
1Lt Frank E. Nadler
1Lt Wilfred J. Thom
T/Sgt Walter W. Berg
T/Sgt Robert Lastrapes
S/Sgt Kenneth M. Berry
S/Sgt William Bilowich
S/Sgt Jack T. Reynolds
S/Sgt Ansley Thompson
S. Sgt. Kenneth Berry, tail gunner on the bomber, "Battle Package," missing since a raid over Germany July 7, was killed in action on that date. His wife, Mrs. Joyce Berry, 825 Isabelle, has received a message from the adjutant general.
The 21 - year - old flier joined the AAF after graduating from Treadwell in 1942 and went overseas last January. Sgt. had completed 27 combat missions when his plane failed to return to its English base and was awarded the Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters.
He also leaves his mother, Mrs. D.T. Bonner of Mobile; his father, Mack Berry of Detroit, and his brother, Pfc. Jimmie A. Berry with the Marines overseas.
Information from The Commercial Appeal, August 19, 1944.
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Tail Gunner S/Sgt. Kenneth M. Berry, KIA
Home: Memphis, Tennessee.
Squadron: 564th Bomb Sq 389th Bomb Gp
Service ID: 34503265.
Pilot Capt William P. Bates, KIA
Target: Halle, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR #: 7492.
Date Lost: 7-Jul-44
Serial Number: 42-51144
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-25-DT
Aircraft Letter: A
Aircraft Name:
Location: 20 miles N. of Halle
Cause: AA damage led to mid-air collision with 492nd BG B-24. 10 KIA, 3 POW
Notes: This aircraft with Command Pilot Capt. Walter Beckett aboard was leading the 453rd Bomb Group & 2nd Combat Wing when at 0927 it collided head-on with an unidentified B-24 of another group. Both aircraft went down. Three chutes observed. Capt. Beckett, Lt. Kosky, and FO Saugen were survivors from 42-51144.
Five 389th BG aircraft are lost on a mission to Halle, Germany.
Crew killed in action:
Capt. William P. Bates
1st/Lt. Otto W. Becker
1Lt Frank E. Nadler
1Lt Wilfred J. Thom
T/Sgt Walter W. Berg
T/Sgt Robert Lastrapes
S/Sgt Kenneth M. Berry
S/Sgt William Bilowich
S/Sgt Jack T. Reynolds
S/Sgt Ansley Thompson
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