Thomas E McKinsey
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 15 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23783 'Betty Anne' while serving as Waist Gunner. The aircraft sustained severe damage from flak over the target at Dunkirk, France and crashed into the sea. Killed in Action (KIA).
Connections
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395011.jpg?itok=ltzImIoU)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395012.jpg?itok=sualpUd9)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Betty Anne
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 February 1943
Places
![Field Ambulances standby as B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham. Image has been signed on reverse with an illegible signature. Handwritten caption on reverse: '281-66-76.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379103.jpg?itok=cOC0GF29)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Dunkirk, France | 15 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was severely damaged by flak over the target of Dunkirk, France and crashed into the sea. His remains have never been recovered. |
Born |
Houston, Texas | ||
Other Commemorated |
Liège, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. |
Revisions
A brief story about the life of S/S McKinsey was created through the Stories Behind the Stars project (www.storiesbehindthestars.org). Volunteers are making an effort to write the stories of all 400,000+ of the US WWII fallen. Go to
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/529854349/james-a-hilley/stories
S/S McKinsey is memorialized at
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358763/james-a.-hilley
Lee Cunningham 16-Feb-2015. Added SN and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC); made connection to PLace, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; added KIA event, added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p.76 by Bishop and Hey