Paul E Kittleson

AFPFA=11
File # 10730
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
KITTLESON, Paul E.
Rank:
lst Lt.
Serial number:
0-776571
Position: Crow (Bomber)
Bombardier
Did he bail out?
yes
Where?
Laibach Yugo.
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane: as he
bailed out
Was he injured?
no
Where was he when last seen? Dulag-Luft, close to Franffort on the Main
Any hearsay information
Heard he was in the hospital at Frankfort
Source:
Capt. D. L. Chapman Pilot
Any explanation of his l'ate based in part or wholly on supposition: Heard that he
was liberated from hospital
Total number of missions of above crew member: 23 , approx.
Dates and destinations if possible:
not nossible
6-3861,AF

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AFPMA-11
File # 10790
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
Name of crew member:
KITTLESON, Paul E.
Rank:
lst Lt.
Serial number:
0-776571
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Bombardier
Did he bail out?
Yes
Where?
Near Liabach, Yugoslavia
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to'or. at time of loss of plane:
None after leaving the target area. Interphone destroyed.
Was he injured?
No
Where was he when last seen? Contacted on the ground, and Inter in the United States.
Any hearsay information:
Taken as a prinener of war on the date of bailing out.
Taken to Nurnberg, via Frankfurt on Main, released from the former
camp by U.S. troops. Seriously ill at time of release. Recovered
in France. Repatriated to the U.S. in early June. Returned to
active duty in July, 1946. No contact since August 45.
Source:
Direct communication with the person concerned. (Kittleson. Faul E.)
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Loss or misolacement of records.
Total number of missions of above crew member: 20 (Approx.)
Dates and destinations if possible:
Last Mission on Dec. 25, 1944.
Destination: Brux oil refineries.
6-3861,AF

AFPPA-11
File # 10730
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUEST/ONNAIRE
Name of crew member :
KITTLESON, Paul E.
Rank:
lst Lt.
Serial number:
0-776571
Position: Crew (Bomber) or :
Bombardier
Did he bail out? YE S
Where?
AT AUSTR: - YUGO BORDER
If not, why not?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
WE ARE AT THE HUSTRi - YUGO BORDER BAILOUT
Was he injured?
DON'T KNOW
Where was he when last seen?
Any hearsay information: CAPTURED RIGHT AWAY
Source : CHETNIK AB-MY
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member DON'T KNOW
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF