Kenneth Eidnes
Hometown when you
entered the Service:		 Chicago, IL
Service Number: 16143854
Bomb Group: 40th
Squadron: 25th
Other Unit: 509th Composite Group
Location of Unit
when assigned:		 Pratt, Kansas
Missions Flown: 58th Bomb Wing in Georgia, then to Elgin Field, Florida to do testing on B-29s. I was then transferred to the e509th Composite Group, 393rd Bomb Squadron. I then went to Tinian with them.
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Service Schools attended:
 
Central Fire Control   Jun 1943
Boeing Aircraft Wichita   Aug 1943
Remote Control Repairman   Nov 1944
 
Military Specialty Earned/Assigned:  

MOS 960-Central Fire Control
Director of Armament Tests - B-29s

 
Military Rank Upon Discharge:   T/Sgt.
 
Crew Type:   Flight Crew
 
Aircraft Name and
Serial Number/s: 		  YB-36955, 44-86292 Enola Gay (509th CG)
 
Were you a POW?:   No Where?:
 
Were you interned?:   No Where?:
 
Date transferred from the 58th Bomb Wing:   March 1944
 
Post-World war II Military Service:   None
 
Post-World war II Civilian Occupation/s:   Service Engineer for Alcoa
 
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