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Personal info

Full name
KILBORN, Bruce Ogden
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
O-665046
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
702nd Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
15 miles south of Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 11 12

Immediate family

Members
Harold C. Kilborn (father)
Amelia W. (Petersson) Kilborn (mother)
Beryl L. Kilborn (sister)
Roderick W. Kilborn (brother)
Keith Q. Kilborn (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-94870
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Axis Ex-Lax
Destination: Duneberg, Germany
MACR: 13894

More information

1st Lt Bruce O. Kilborn graduated from Bassick High School in 1938.

Ship 870 was attacked by an ME-262 and fire was started in the bomb bay. The ship started to go down and all crew members put on their parachutes. The ship exploded and six men were blown clear of the plane. Bruce O. Kilborn was dean on reaching the ground.

1st Lt Kilborn first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block I, Row 3, Grave 60.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Clark Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/9885

Photo source: Guy Maes, Bassick High School 1938, www.findagrave.com