Nicholas B Kehoe Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters into Baltic Sea on 6/20/44 in B-24 #4440112 Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40112

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Flak Happy
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rochester, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Baltic Sea 20 June 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7074

Date
ContributorJohnS3rd
Changes
Sources

Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF): Hankin, Armand L. O-695814, 2nd Lt. USAAC
Exhibit A: 2BD, : 8AF 492nd Bomb Gp: 856th Squadron, Intended Destination: Politz Germany, 20 June 1944 Time 0915 Location of last know whereabouts of missing aircraft Pomeranian Bay B-24J #44-40112 Crew 11,

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 7074 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database