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Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Second Lieutenant Desmond Steele of the 446th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill Beigel. The file contains copies of primary documents that discuss the return of personal effects, circumstances and causes of death, and memorialisation of the fallen airman. If you require access to the full, unedited file please contact Bill Beigel via his website, www.ww2research.com, or the AAM Team at aamwebsite@iwm.org.uk
Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-24 #4251272. Killed in Action (KIA).
2nd Lieutenant Desmond E. Steele. His date of birth and next of kin are uncertain. He had one brother, Private Wayne A. Steele, of the 164th Infantry Regiment, who died of pneumonia at Valencia on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, on June 16, 1945. Lieutenant Steele’s hometown was Falmouth, Kentucky.
On November 30, 1944, he was serving as the Copilot aboard B-24 tail #42-51272 when it went down over Neukirchen, Germany.
He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Falmouth.
Group
The 446th Bomb Group, who came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Falmouth, KY, USA | |
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2nd Lieutenant Desmond E. Steele. His date of birth and next of kin are uncertain. He had one brother, Private Wayne A. Steele, of the 164th Infantry Regiment, who died of pneumonia at Valencia on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, on June 16, 1945. Lieutenant Steele’s hometown was Falmouth, Kentucky. |
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| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 30 November 1944 |
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On November 30, 1944, he was serving as the Copilot aboard B-24 tail #42-51272 when it went down over Neukirchen, Germany. |
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| Died | 30 November 1944 | |
| Buried | Falmouth, KY, USA | |
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He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Falmouth. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 February 2015 06:37:17 | WW2 Researcher Bill Beigel | Changes to biography and events |
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IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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