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POORE, Kelso Meredith - Date of
birth
4 April 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Medora, Jackson County, Indiana -
Hometown
Medora, Jackson County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35100870 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
549th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
6 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Liepe-Nennhausen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 21 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Harley H. Poore (father)
Pearl A. (Boling) Poore (mother)
Vivian Poore (sister)
Reova I. Poore (sister)
Max Poore (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-37548 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Lamplight Lil
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a munitions dump, an aircraft factory, and a tank factory
MACR: 9517
More information
S/Sgt Kelso Poore attended college and was a clerk.He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky, on 28 January 1941.
At 1207 hours, at the I.P., enemy fighters attacked in mass formation from the rear and above, coming out of the clouds. The first attack reduced the Group strength to 2 B-17s (which two is undetermined). The fighters then returned and, in another mass attack, using the same tactics, shot down the remaining two. Attacks were very aggressive and sudden.
No exact information of the attack is available because no B-17 of the Group concerned returned.
Six crew members were taken prisoner, and three men were killed.
The Radio Operator saw him dead on the floor of the waist.
S/Sgt Poore was initially buried in the community cemetery of Liepe on 8 October 1944.
He is buried next to his brother, Max Poore.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Daily Tribune - 19 April 1945