Charles H Keck Jr
MilitaryShot down twice. 14 August 1944 at Strausburg. Evaded (EVD), returned through France. 2 October 1944 near Kassel. Evaded (EVD) until 13 October 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
3 Air Medals
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32941809
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Camp Jackson, South Carolina | 11 July 1921 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 13 October 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Other Shot down / Evaded (EVD) |
14 August 1944 |
Revisions
Copied connections to A/C #42-97697 and A/C #42-97852 from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self MACR 8425 MACR 9526