Hometown: Georgia
Squadron:565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 34268046
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt Kenneth Matson, POW
Target Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5859
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 42-40775
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y
Aircraft Name: WOLF WAGON
Location: Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Cause: AA, direct hit.
Notes: See Bomber Pilot page 126 for more details.
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1st/Lt. Kenneth N. Matson Pilot POW
2nd/Lt Charles F. Patterson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Jack B. Engelhardt Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Stewart W. Munroe Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Stanton A. Earley Engineer KIA
Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Robert R. Driver Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William R. Strasemeier Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Gunner
Hometown: Georgia
Squadron:565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 34268046
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt Kenneth Matson, POW
Target Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5859
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 42-40775
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y
Aircraft Name: WOLF WAGON
Location: Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Cause: AA, direct hit.
Notes: See Bomber Pilot page 126 for more details.
Visit the virtual cemetery of the "THE WOLF WAGON"Crew of 42-40775
1st/Lt. Kenneth N. Matson Pilot POW
2nd/Lt Charles F. Patterson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Jack B. Engelhardt Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Stewart W. Munroe Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Stanton A. Earley Engineer KIA
Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Robert R. Driver Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William R. Strasemeier Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Gunner
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Entered the service from Georgia.
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