Otstot, Kenneth, Maj

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Major
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1092-Pilot, B-24
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Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1944-1945, Far East Air Forces
Service Years
1942 - 1946
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Reportedly flew aboard aircraft named "Balls of Fire", Squirrely Shirley" and "Patches"
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World War II

During World War II, the 460th was known as the 460th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and was assigned to the 55th Bombardment Wing of Fifteenth Air Force.

The 460th Bomb Group flew B-24H Liberators with tails marked in yellow and black, affixed with a black square

The group trained for heavy bombardment operations overseas at bases in Alamogordo AAF in New Mexico from 1 July to 31 August 1943, at Kearns AAB in Utah, and Chatham AAF in Georgia. The 460th moved to Spinazzola, Italy in February 1944, and the entered combat on 19 March.

The 460th bombed enemy marshalling yards, oil refineries and storage facilities, aircraft factories, industrial areas and other objectives in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Rumania, Yugoslavia and Greece.

The group flew its last World War II combat mission on 26 April 1945, then moved to Waller Field in Trinidad and finally Paramirim Field, Natal, Brazil in June 1945 to assist in moving redeployed personnel from Europe to the United States. The 460th Bombardment Group was deactivated on 26 September 1945.
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Jungle Air Force:
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Thirteenth Air Force began operations in November 1942 as an organization composed of many widely separated Seventh Air Force and independent units scattered in the South Central Pacific during the Solomon Islands campaign.

Initially charged with taking a defensive stand against advancing enemy forces, Thirteenth Air Force later took the offensive flying a variety of aircraft, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-40 Warhawk, P-61 Black Widow, C-46 Commando, C-47 Skytrain, and L-5 Sentinel.

It was Thirteenth Air Force P-38Gs of the 339th Fighter Squadron of the 347th Fighter Group which, on 18 April 1943, flew the mission which resulted in the death of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

From 1942-1945, Thirteenth Air Force staged out of tropical jungles on more than 40 remote islands including the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign; Mariana and Palau Islands campaign and the Philippines campaign (1944–45), thus earning the nickname, "The Jungle Air Force." The command's units participated in a total of five different operation areas and 13 campaigns.

Thirteenth Air Force along with Fifth Air Force in Australia and Seventh Air Force in Hawaii were assigned to the newly-created United States Far East Air Forces (FEAF) on August 3, 1944. FEAF was subordinate to the U.S. Army Forces Far East and served as the headquarters of Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area. By 1945, three numbered air forces—5th, 7th and 13th—were supporting operations in the Pacific. FEAF was the functional equivalent in the Pacific of the United States Strategic Air Forces (USSTAF) in the European Theater of Operations.

After hostilities ended in 1945, Thirteenth Air Force established its headquarters at Clark Field, Philippines, in January 1946. In May of that year, it moved to Fort William McKinley, Luzon. By August 1947, 13AF returned to Clark Field. In December 1948, the unit moved to Kadena, Okinawa, where it remained for only a few months before returning to Clark in May 1949.

 


   

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5th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Roddenberry, Eugene Wesley, Capt, (1941-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Rubenstein, Arthur, 2nd Lt, (1943-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Allen, Brooke Empie, Maj Gen, (1933-1966) A23 AAF MOS 1060 Colonel
Smart, Jacob Edward, Gen, (1927-1966) Lieutenant Colonel
Abdo, Edward S., Capt, (1941-1946) A08 AAF MOS 1034 Captain
Bombenek, Philip Yates, Capt, (1935-1945) Captain
Maley, Richard F, Capt, (1941-1944) A08 AAF MOS 1034 Captain
Albert, William A., 1st Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1092 First Lieutenant
Gurman, Dennet, 1st Lt, (1942-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1054 First Lieutenant
Norris, Wyatt Alvira, 1st Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1092 First Lieutenant
Zeiler, Morris, 1st Lt, (1942-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1035 First Lieutenant
Brennan, Frederick Hazlitt, 2nd Lt, (1943-1944) A08 AAF MOS 1034 Second Lieutenant
Coberly, Thomas Malden, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) Second Lieutenant
Coppedge, Jess William, 1st Lt, (1941-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1091 Second Lieutenant
Corrin, Philip Roland, 2nd Lt, (1942-1945) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Hansen, Grant Nelson, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1054 Second Lieutenant
Pappas, Thomas C, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) Second Lieutenant
Patton, William Wyatt, 1st Lt, (1934-1945) A23 AAF MOS 1091 Second Lieutenant
Rosenthal, Jerome, 2nd Lt, (1943-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1054 Second Lieutenant
Whiteker, Benjamin R., 1st Lt, (1943-1945) A33 AAF MOS 770 Second Lieutenant
Zimmerli, Frederick Stanley, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) A08 AAF MOS 1035 Second Lieutenant
Browe, James J, TSgt, (1942-1945) 00 00 Technical Sergeant
Elmes, Harry Paul, TSgt, (1942-1945) 00 00 Technical Sergeant
Mornati, Aldo V., TSgt, (1940-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Technical Sergeant
Beanland, Frank, SSgt, (1942-1945) A03 AAF MOS 170 Staff Sergeant
Bender, Leo R., SSgt, (1943-1945) Staff Sergeant
Crum, Charles Donald, SSgt, (1943-1944) A25 AAF MOS 707 Staff Sergeant
Hazelwood, John R., SMSgt, (1939-1969) Staff Sergeant
Piligno, Rocco, SSgt, (1943-1945) Staff Sergeant
Warmer, Benjamin F., SSgt, (1942-1945) A07 AAF MOS 611 Staff Sergeant
Warmer, Benjamin F., SSgt, (1942-1945) A07 AAF MOS 611 Staff Sergeant
Chapman, Albert, Sgt, (1943-1944) A07 AAF MOS 611 Sergeant
Lindley, Donald Glen, Sgt, (1943-1946) A01 AAF MOS 612 Sergeant
Patrick, Melton Dewey, Sgt, (1943-1944) A25 AAF MOS 707 Sergeant
Phillips, Elmer W., Sgt, (1942-1944) A25 AAF MOS 152 Sergeant
Smith, William Alexander, Sgt, (1942-1944) Sergeant
Sapp, Frank Wickham, MSgt, (1943-1967) 990 99000 Private
Sapp, Frank Wickham, MSgt, (1943-1967) Private

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