Kenneth W. Craumer was born on September 5, 1920. He served in the 509th Bomber Squadron, 351st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a tgst and Gunner on the B-17G #44-8639 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 8, 1945, when his airplane clipped the high ground on a ridgeside, then skidded along the mountainside of Craig Cwm Llwyd near Barmouth, Wales, and burst into flames. His B-17 was returning to the United States following the conclusion of hostilities in Europe. They were flying from Polebrook in Northamptonshire to the RAF Valley Airfield on Anglesey before the final leg back to the United States. All men aboard his plane were killed as a result of the crash.

TSgt Craumer is now buried in the Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Abbottstown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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