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Personal info

Full name
WECKERLE, Kenneth Paul
Date of birth
12 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
12209030
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Nose Gunner/Assistant Radio Operator
Unit
722nd Bombardment Squadron,
450th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 June 1944
Place of death
Ten miles northeast of Ploesti, Romania

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 40 26

Immediate family

Members
Alois Werckerle (father)
Julia Werckerle (mother)
Mary J. Weckerle (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-94984
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Flak Magnet
Destination: Ploesti, Romania
Mission: Bombing of Romanoamericano oil refinery
MACR: 6366

More information

Sgt Kenneth P. Weckerle graduated from Kensington High School in 1941. He was employed at employed at Uebelhoer Brothers Incorporated.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States on 17 November 1942.

Sgt Weckerle could not get out of his turret. His foot was caught between his seat and the sightcradle.

He had been overseas one month.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, Buffalo NY Courier Express, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Buffalo NY Courier Express, Kensington High School 1941