Adrian Jerry McKee

Military

Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Missions

568

  • Date: 24 August 1944

562

  • Date: 18 August 1944
Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

542

  • Date: 11 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nolan, TX 19 October 1918 Son of Adrian and Clara Alice McKee.

Enlisted

Abilene, TX 22 September 1942 Abilene, Texas

Died

6 September 1960 Died as a result of a gas explosion at home.

Buried

Parkdale Cemetery Arlington, Tarrant County, TX 9 September 1960 Parkdale Cemetery Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
Sweetwater, TX

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 509BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50395083/adrian-jerry-mckee

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http://www.351st.org/

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Grave stone (awards) Service number from 351st Personnel records.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/