John R. Kyler’s Time line | |
1943 | |
January 27 | Enlists, Niagara Falls, NY |
February-March | Basic Training, Miami FL |
May 29 | Completes Aircraft Armorer’s Course, Lowrey Field, Denver, CO |
August 7 | Receives wings, promotion to Sergeant, Laredo, TX |
August-October | Completes crew training and ball turret gunner training, Ephrata, WA and Redmond, OR |
November 12-15 | Departs Presque Isle, ME to Meek Field (Iceland) to Prestwick and arrives at Stone, England |
November | Assigned to Lawrence Cook Crew, 407th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, Podington, England (Station 109) |
1944 | |
January 21 | Mission: to Le Plouy Ferme/Bellevue (France)
[aborted: weather] |
January 30 | 1st Mission: Waggum Airfield, Brunswick (Germany) |
February 3 | 2nd Mission: Wilhelmshaven (Germany) |
February 4 | 3rd Mission: Frankfurt (Germany) |
February 4 | Shot down over Belgium/John Kyler captured |
February 7-14 | Transferred and interrogated at Oberursal, Dulag Luft, near Frankfort (Germany) |
February 14-21 | Enroute to Stalag Luft VI, Hydekrug, E. Prussia (via railcar) |
February 21-July 15 | POW, Stalag Luft VI |
July 15-18 | Enroute to Stalag Luft IV, Kiefheide Railway Station, Gross Tychow, Poland (via railcar, boat, railcar, forced march) |
July 18 – January 29, 1945 | POW, Stalag Luft IV, Gross Tychow, Poland |
1945 | |
January 29-February 8 | Enroute to Stalag Luft I, Barth Germany (via forced march, railcar) |
May 1 | Stalag Luft I prisoners liberated by Red Army |
May 13 | Enroute to Lyons, France via B-17 airlift from Stalag Luft I |
May 14 | Enroute to Camp Lucky Strike, Le Havre, France (via truck) |
John R. Kyler’s Time Line
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