World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kermit R. Pope
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Annandale, Virginia
Honored By
John Meurs
SERVED AS A PILOT WITH THE 398TH BOMB GROUP, 600TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-17 “PHONEY EXPRESS”, ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY, WAS HIT BY FLAK SECONDS BEFORE BOMBING. THE BOMBER CRASH LANDED NEAR BLEISWIJK IN THE NETHERLANDS. ALL SURVIVED THE LANDING AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER.