Peter Kekseo
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 26-Feb-43 in B-17F 41-24623, 305BG/365BS while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. The aircraft sustained damage for AA fire over the target at Wilhelmshaven, Germany and was then shot down by German fighters and crashed into the Jadebusen (Jade Bight) just east of Wilhelmshaven.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
26 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from AA fire and was then shot down by German fighters and crashed into the Jadenbusen (Jade Bight) just east of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. | |
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Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 38, Grave 13. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jun-2015. Added service number and KIA event per MACR 16054; Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; Added loss details to Summary Biography and crash location to KIA event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added Place, Aircraft and Mission connections within existing website data; Added KIA date, A/C model number , unit associations and crew position to Summary Biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16054, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65