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KIESWETTER, Emerson Harvey - Date of
birth
13 February 1918 -
Age
24 -
Place of birth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -
Hometown
Seattle, King County, Washington -
Ethnicity
White
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16319 -
Rank
Pilot Officer -
Function
Aerial Observer -
Unit
15 Squadron - RAF
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 December 1942 - Place of
death
Gortel, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
Epe General Cemetery, The Netherlands - unknown
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas M. Kieswetter (father)
Catherina H. Kieswetter (mother)
Kathleen Kieswetter (sister)
Dorothy Kieswetter (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
R9168 -
Data
Type: Short Sterling Mk I
Destination: Diepholz, Germany
More information
Pilot Officer Emerson H. Kieswetter was an American citizen who participated in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. He held the rank of Pilot Officer and served as an Air Observer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in action when his airplane was attacked by German night fighters and crashed in Gortel, the Netherlands during a bombing raid to Diepholz, Germany.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Naturalization Records, Family tree, Report of Death / 1940 census
Photo source: Wouter van Dijken, http://www.honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=20344, www.findagrave.com - basher82.nl / Diane Kessler