I need some headcanons on my boy Kinchloe! What kind of a kid was he growing up? What was his family situation? What inspired him to join the army?
Ooh!!! Thanks for asking this!! I love theorizing stuff like this, and I've never theorized much for Kinch, let's get to it.
I feel like, growing up in Detroit, his family wasn't well off, but they weren't in a rough spot either. Sort of average. He was always told by his family that he was level headed and able to concentrate under pressure, and when the war broke out, he instantly volunteered to help out because he knew there would be a lot of pressure that he would be able to work under.
I feel like he had a pretty alright childhood, probably had a few siblings and a love for music, had a nice family.
He didn't plan on getting shot down, no, but once he made it to Stalag 13, he never had any regrets becsuse working for Colonel Hogan was pretty cool--and the underground operations?? Remarkable. Kinch was proud to be a part of the team, especially since they are sabotaging Nazis. What's better than that?
I mean he had every intent of sabotaging Nazis while in a plane, but hey, he's still sabotaging Nazis so he can't complain.