John Leffingwell Keim
MilitaryAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609
Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2422
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18115105 / O-677748
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North East, PA | 1 May 1914 | |
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Enlisted |
Erie, PA | 3 October 1942 | Erie, Pennsylvania |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 22 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Shot down |
Germany | 22 December 1943 | Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
26 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
Aurora, NC | 10 May 1989 | |
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Based |
Seething | 22 December 1943 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2442 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database