Birth Date: 1924-March-21
Born: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents: Son of Walter Albert Kiesow and Mary Eliz (nee Birney) Kiesowabeth
Spouse:
Home: Paswegin, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
USAAF
Unit
630 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nocturna Mors Death by night
Base
RAF East Kirkby
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Service Numbers
10601615
Stuttgart Germany
Communal Cemetery at Tramont-Lassus, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Technical Sergeant Kiesow was originally joined RCAF under service number R/196712. Transferred to USAAF but continued to fly with RCAF while awaiting transfer to USAAF but was killed in action before transfer was completed
Originally buried in France in same cemetery as crewmate Pilot Officer Lough, he was exhumed by American authorities in 1948 and returned to the USA and then on for burial in Saskatchewan, Canada near his family
630 Squadron RAF (Nocturna Mors) RAF East Kirkby. Lancaster BIII aircraft PA 992 LE-Y missing during night operations over Stuttgart, Germany, possibly shot down by a night fighter. The bomber crashed between Tramont-Bay (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and Tramont-Lassus, France
Rear Air Gunner Pilot Officer RW Lough (RCAF) and Mid-Upper Air Gunner Technical Sergeant JB Kiesow (USAAF) were killed in action
Flying Officer AS Woolf (RAFVR) survived, injured and was taken to a POW hospital in northern France
Flying Officer EK Wood (RCAF), Sergeant TW Tanner (RAFVR), Sergeant RA Toogood (RAFVR and Flying Officer W Adams (USAAF) survived and all avoided capture as Evaders
40 Lancasters from 408, 419 and 428 Squadrons were ordered on an attack at Stuttgart. The crews were over the target at between 18,000 and 20,000feet, releasing 268,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, this, the first of 3 attacks severely damaged this city.
While the Lancasters went to Stuttgart, 100 Halifaxes from 420, 424,425, 426, 427, 429, 432 and 433 Squadrons were ordered on attacks of 2V-1 sites at L'Hey and Ferfay. The crews were over the targets at between12,000 and 13,000 feet, releasing lbs of high explosives. According to reports, most of the crews were sent home by the master bomber due to poor weather over the targets
.4 Halifaxes from 424 Squadron were also ordered on a mining operation to Brest and Lorient. The crews were over the garden at 12,000 feet, sowing14@1500 lb mines. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
630 Squadron RAF (Nocturna Mors) RAF East Kirkby. Lancaster BIII aircraft PA 992 LE-Y missing during night operations over Stuttgart, Germany, possibly shot down by a night fighter. The bomber crashed between Tramont-Bay (Meurthe-et-Moselle) and Tramont-Lassus, France
Rear Air Gunner Pilot Officer RW Lough (RCAF) and Mid-Upper Air Gunner Technical Sergeant JB Kiesow (USAAF) were killed in action
Flying Officer AS Woolf (RAFVR) survived, injured and was taken to a POW hospital in northern France
Flying Officer EK Wood (RCAF), Sergeant TW Tanner (RAFVR), Sergeant RA Toogood (RAFVR and Flying Officer W Adams (USAAF) survived and all avoided capture as Evaders
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