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Erhard Kenneth Lynn

Name:
Kenneth Lynn Erhard
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
13031247
Unit:
67th Bomber Squadron, 44th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1994-09-21
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 70
Row:
Grave:
771
Decoration:
Comments:

Machine Gunner of the B-24D 41-23784 NB-R "Miss Dianne" shot down by an enemy fighter at 1402 on 8 mars 1943. Miss Dianne was returning to her base in Shipdham, Norfolk, after bombing the train station at Sotteville les Rouen. From Curwenville, PA. Taken prisoner to the Stalag 7A in Mosberg.

From findagrave.com:
Kenneth L. Erhard in addition to his being held at Stalag VII-A, spent most of his POW time at Stalag XVII-B in Krems, Austria when in April 1945 4200 American prisoners were being prepared to march out of Stalag XVII-B. The POWs were marched through the Alps in good weather, bad weather, cold, wet or both. Their trek was long and meandering as they circled one mountain completely, with the end of their journey taking them over 250 miles to Hitler's birthplace: Brannau Woods. Finally, on 2 May 1945 a jeep carrying an U.S. Army Captain and Corporal drove into their make-shift camp. The Captain stood up and barked out the words that all the POWs thought they’d never hear: "YOU ARE HEREBY LIBERATED!"