Oliver Lamar Keefer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-40484.jpeg UPL 40484 S/Sgt Oliver Lamar Keefer

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Object Number - UPL 40484 - S/Sgt Oliver Lamar Keefer

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Part of Leve crew. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1707.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32147184 / O-797564
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31233
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA 29 December 1920 Son of Oliver L and Lillian Catherine [Kramer] Keefer.

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA 20 October 1942 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Died

Bremen, Germany 20 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-17 42-31233 20-Dec-43; A/C hit by Me110 launched rockets. Crashed near Bremen. KIA MACR 1707

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Molesworth 20 December 1943 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Odd Fellows Cemetery Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA Re-Interred Odd Fellows Cemetery Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 217664455.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217664455/oliver-lamar-keefer

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 1707

Correction to first name.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 1707 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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