Claude Edmond Keele

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13823.jpeg UPL 13823 Michael H Primus Crew

Object Number - UPL 13823 - Michael H Primus Crew

Member of Primus crew

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810215
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Montgomery, MO 4 October 1923

Died

Elmside Farm, Nailstone, UK 27 September 1944 Keele was killed when his B-17 crashed on a night training mission.

Buried

Mexico, Missouri Elmwood Cemetery Mexico Audrain County Missouri, USA
Mexico, Missouri 532 S. Olive

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Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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