Christensen, Kenneth Eldon

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Christensen, Kenneth Eldon ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private / Sergeant
Serial Number	38130722 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron January 1943 Payroll Roster, effective 1 January 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
MOS	747 - Airplane and Engine Mechanic
Last Duty Date	4 July 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France: Plot J Row 27 Grave 14
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 7 September 1916 Appointed Private First Class effective 1 March 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron March 1943 Payroll Roster dated 31 March 1943. Reclassified from Aircraft Mechanic Specialist (MOS) 747 to Aerial Engineer Specialist (MOS) 748 effective 13 April 1943 per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 13 April 1943. Promotion to Corporal per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #40 dated 1 July 1943 was amended to read, promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #42 dated 4 July 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 3035⇓ (2.852 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑3235⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down before the target was reached; crashed near Poillé-sur-Vègre about 40km WSW of Le Mans, France. MACR 3035/4495 Sortie Report⇗

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