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CABE, Kenneth Richardson - Date of
birth
25 August 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
North Carolina -
Hometown
Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-680169 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Henry W. Cabe (father)
Lilian T. (Richardson) Cabe (mother)
Henry Cabe (brother)
Ann Cabe (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30776 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lady Marylin
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1158
More information
1st Lt Kenneth R. Cabewas was in his senior year at N.C. State College and was an architect. He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Knoxville, Tennessee on 23 Arpil 1942. He was sent to Kelly Field, Texas for basic training. He received his wings and commission at Altos, Oklahoma in May 1943. He arrived in England in September 1943The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-3533. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total, were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com - Asheville Citizen-Times
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Stefan Warnier, www.newspapers.com - Asheville Citizen-Times, Press and Highlands Maconian