Buddy Noah Keith

Military
media-41687.jpeg UPL 41687 L-R S/Sgt Omer G Richardson and Buddy N Keith, 612BS, 401BG.

Object Number - UPL 41687 - L-R S/Sgt Omer G Richardson and Buddy N Keith, 612BS, 401BG.

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Thomas Hill crew. 21 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Politz 7-Oct-44 in B-17 42-31087 'Boche Buster'. Landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). MACR 9758.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19101439 / O-761943
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heaven Can Wait, Boche Buster
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brownwood, TX 2 September 1924

Enlisted

4 November 1942 Texas

Other

Interned INT

Sweden 7 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Politz 7-Oct-44 in B-17 42-31087 'Boche Buster'. Landed in Sweden. Interned (INT). MACR 9758

Other

Discharged USAAF

31 January 1967 Honourable discharge.

Died

1 August 1972

Based

Interned

Deenethorpe 7 October 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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