Kilmer Joseph L.

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Joseph L. Kilmer is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-17G (43-38812) Memorial -457th Bomber Group

Name:

Joseph L. Kilmer

Rank:

Flight Officer

Serial Number:

T-129699

Unit:

749th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1944-12-23

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Joseph L. Kilmer, aged 21, was born in Chemung in New York State to parents Leslie and Rose Kilmer. He was a clerk when he enlisted into the Army Air Force in February 1944.

Joseph served in the 749th Bomber Squadron, 457th Bomber Group, as a Flight Officer and Navigator on the B-17G #43-38812 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on December 23, 1944, when his airplane crashed at Great Rollright in England. They were on a flight from RAF Portreath in Cornwall to their home base at RAF Glatton, near Peterborough, when their aircraft hit trees and crashed 800 yards from Great Rollright village hall.

F/O Kilmer is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.