Donald Eugene McKinney

Military

Object Number - UPL 51527 - Loren F. Seger Crew 95th BG - 412th BS Standing Left to Right: Henry W. Held, Jr. (FE), James D. Hartney (WG), Frank M Bessemer (RO), Donald E....

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 46 x combat missions across two tours. Loren Seger crew (Tour 1). Paul Ristine crew (Tour 2). ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James R Addison

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas G Bek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James J Getchius

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Dale J Metzinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 354169906
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Paul E Ristine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30222

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lone Wolf
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30235) nicknamed "The Zoot Suiters" of the 95th Bomb Group.

42-30235

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat | The Zoot Suiters
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

42-30634

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-31675

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin Bessie
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-31876

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fireball Fireball Red
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

886

  • Date: 14 March 1945
  • Official Description: Mission 886: 1,262 bombers and 804 fighters are dispatched to hit oil, rail and industrial targets in Germany; they claim 17-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air; 3 B-17s and 2 fighters are lost: 1. 526 B-17s are sent to hit oil refineries at Nienhagen...

877

  • Date: 10 March 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Peoria, IL 30 May 1923 Son of Daisy McKinney.

Enlisted

Peoria, IL 28 October 1941 Peoria, Illinois

Other

First 95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 13 December 1943 - 26 March 1944 Completed a 25 mission tour

Other

Second 95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 4 November 1944 - 14 March 1945 Completed an addition 21 combat missions for a total of 46 combat missions

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 July 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

West Palm Beach, FL 28 September 1968
Bloomington, IL

Other

Hospitalised

Miami Beach, FL Hospitalised Miami Beach - Tonsillitis. Medical discharge. (Convalescent Hospital, ZI)

Revisions

Date30 Jul 2021 17:41:13
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards, events and unit associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/654899783
https://www.fold3.com/record/40175977/donald-mckinney-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84346801/donald-e-mckinney-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/627951355/donald-mckinney-1923-veterans-af…
https://www.fold3.com/record/700630712/mckinney-donald-e-us-wwii-hospit…

Date26 Aug 2020 02:10:24
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4434
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44008_04_0…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1161161

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:28
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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