Paul Kirken.

S/Sgt. Paul Kirken (no middle initial) served as tail gunner on B-24D 41-23732, 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, on the 16 April 1943 mission to Brest.

Initially reported Missing in Action on 16 April 1943; a Change in Status notification from 2nd Bombardment Division, dated 23 February 1944, officially changed his status to Killed in Action. The lack of an original MACR filing prompted Headquarters AAF Washington to write to Eighth Air Force in October 1944, which led the 93rd Bomb Group to compile and submit this report.