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Personal info

Full name
KARNES, Cecil W
Date of birth
2 April 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39240092
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
565th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1943
Place of death
Spieka-Neufeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 21 14

Immediate family

Members
Oliver W. Karnes (father)
Edith (Hass) Karnes (mother)
Walter Karnes (brother)
Vera Karnes (sister)
Veda Karnes (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-63958
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Lucky Tiger
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 2444

More information

After bombing the target Fuerst fell out of formation with one knocked out. It was pursued by fighters and observed being attacked by JU-88s as the formation left the coast. The plane spiraled off to the right with flames in the cockpit. Two parachutes emerged from the plane.
Bodies were recovered on October 12 from tidal lands at Spieka-Neufeld by a detail from the Sea Airbase at Wesermünde. Germany.

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Brockeswalde, Germany on 16 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.findgrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com MikeF