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Personal info

Full name
KENNY, James Patrick "Jim"
Date of birth
23 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
New York

Military service

Service number
O-691368
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
668th Bombardment Squadron,
416th Bombardment Group, Light
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Near Worms, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 41 23

Immediate family

Members
Patrick Kenny (father)
Mary E. Kenny (mother)
Thomas Kenny (brother)
Ann Kenny (sister)
Joseph Kenny (brother)
Mary Kenny (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-39361
Data
Type: A-26B
Destination: Worms, Germany
Mission: Communications Center
MACR: 13152

More information

1st Lt James Patrick Kenny attended Fordham College in New York and was a police patrolman when he signed up with the Army Air Force.

Lt Kenny was shot down on his 59th mission. He needed 65 missions to complete his time in ETO. It was a bad day for the 416th and is still referred to - by surviving veterans - as "Black Sunday".

Statement from 1st Lt James R. Colquitt:
"Plane received direct hit in left engine. It burned and he pulled off on to the bad engine. No chutes seen."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Margaret McEvoy, Donna Cox Hill, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com
Photo source: -, Margaret McEvoy