Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
KASS, Edward P - Date of
birth
20 January 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Powers, Menominee County, Michigan -
Hometown
Powers, Menominee County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-753523 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
366th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 May 1944 - Place of
death
Baltic Sea, off the coast of Sassnitz, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Peter Kass (father)
Frances E. Kass (mother)
Kathryne F. Kass (sister)
Dorothy L. Kass (sister)
Robert N. Kass (brother)
Carol A. Kass (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-38176 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Our Baby
Destination: Cottbus, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Focke-Wulf aviation industry
MACR: 5337
More information
Edward P. Kass, graduated from Powers-Spalding High School and of Michigan State College. He received his primary training at Merced Army Flying School, California and then went to Yuma, Arizona, where he received his wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was sent overseas in January 1944The aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters just after the target. It kept in the formation untill 14.22 hours, at 5455N-1330E, where ten parachutes were seen to come out. Immediately after, the aircraft went out of control, lost altitude, and hit the water, and exploded. All ten parachutes landed in the water close to land and several boats were seen nearby. Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight men were killed. The deceased men that could be recovered were buried at the New Cemetery of Wiek on Rügen Island on 30 May 1944.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.newspapers.com - The Escanaba Daily Press
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - dfr