Keith Conley

Military

Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 #42-5826 'Jeravad Une Petite Peu', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Conley stayed in USAF until his retirement in July 1969

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5826

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: JERAVAD Une Petite Peu
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

22 December 1998

Born

Portage, Utah, USA

Buried

Camano Island, Washington

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 July 1943 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11).

Revisions

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
Changes
Sources

http://www.306bg.us/Echoes%20files/094-00oct.pdf

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

306th Echoes May '99

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 122, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 205, 502, WWII Memorial, First Over Germany pg. 137 & 147-8 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 122 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database