Charles E McKee

Military

Crashed near Unterbreizbach after a dog-fight with an FW190 on a bomber escort mission to Gotha, Germany, on 24 Feb 1944 in P-51B 43-6940. Prisoner of War (POW). Due to injuries he was later repatriated to England.

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Units served with

357th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

363rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

43-6940

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of war		24 February 1944

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Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of war

24 February 1944

Revisions

Date19 Feb 2020 14:37:10

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MACR 2678

Date19 Feb 2020 14:35:10

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:35

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2678, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces