| Name | Kenneth H NICE | Rank | T/Sgt |
| Number | 33332553 | Date of Birth/Age | 22 May 1920? |
| Unit | 96 Bomb Group, 337Bomb Squadron, USAAF | ||
| Aircraft | B-17F-50-DL
42-3348 AW-G 'Dottie J III' |
Crew position | Radio operator |
| Based at | Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, UK | ||
| Target | Ballbearing Works, Schweinfurt, Germany | Failed to return | 14 Oct 1943 |
| Escape Network | Possum
Line Burgundy Line |
Escape | |
| Arrival home | Gibraltar
- 19 Jun 1944 UK - 24 Jun 1944 |
References | NARA:E&E/772
- Kenneth Nice Michael Leblanc's notes NARA:RG498/290/55/27/2 Box 58 - Awards' file - Bulart NARA:RG498/290/55/27/2 Box ? - Awards' file - Raymond Gallet Emails from Brigid O'Donnell and photographs |
Last updated on
10 June, 2009
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E&E/772
Members of crew
| Pilot | 0796619 |
1st Lt Raymond F BYE | NARA:E&E/287 |
| Co-pilot | 0681452 |
2nd Lt John J MALIK | PoW |
| Navigator | 0747101 |
2nd Lt Merle E WOODSIDE | NARA:E&E/244 |
| Bombardier | 0676293 |
2nd Lt William E KIERAN | PoW |
| Radio operator | 33332553 |
T/Sgt Kenneth H NICE | Narrator |
| Top turret gunner | 32461208 |
T/Sgt Gerard J CAPORASO | PoW |
| Ball turret gunner | 31180024 |
S/Sgt Frederick HOLT | PoW |
| Waist gunner | 38124949 |
S/Sgt Charles C GATTMAN | PoW |
| Waist gunner | 33278935 |
S/Sgt Mike OLYNIK | Evading |
| Tail gunner | 15354058 |
S/Sgt Alton BAER, Jr | PoW |
Sheltered by M. and Mme. DÉZOTHEZ, of Fismes, for six weeks (mid Nov - end Dec 1943). Also there at that time were Lester Knopp & another officer, whose first name was "Len".
The three airmen managed to evade capture on 31 Dec 1943, but M. and Mme. DÉZOTHEZ were arrested & deported to Germany.
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