Crew Roster · Personal File
Kenneth L. Gilbert
Pilot · 409th Squadron
Sortie Log
9 CATALOGUED SORTIES
25 APR 1944 — 09 OCT 1944
25 APR 1944 — 09 OCT 1944
The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
8AF Mission
Date
Target
Aircraft
№ 317
25 APR 1944
MannheimM/Y
42-100080
№ 327
29 APR 1944
Berlin??
42-72502
№ 340
06 MAY 1944
SiracourtV/S
Patches42-100334
№ 344
08 MAY 1944
Brunswick??
42-100080
№ 347
09 MAY 1944
FlorennesA/F
Mr. Invader42-110068
№ 361
22 MAY 1944
Target unrecorded
42-24291
№ 626
12 SEP 1944
HemmingstedtO/R
Lead aircraft (circle-1 marker on Pilot)
XX-XX426
№ 665
05 OCT 1944
LippstadtA/F
M1 (first mission). Plane: 168 'Y', B-24J, 409th — not found in DB. Captain Kenneth Gilbert (on his 71st mission) rode co-pilot seat per 93rd policy of pairing new crews with a veteran pilot. Prop-wash from another aircraft inverted the plane near bombs-away; crew salvoed bombs while inverted — bombs hit a crossroads dead center. Crew was posted MIA on return. McGuire called the target Paderborn; official target was Lippstadt M/Y.
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№ 670
09 OCT 1944
Target unrecorded
Formation position 1-3 (right column)
XX-XX570