Donald Eugene McKinney

Military
media-51527.jpeg 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. McKinney (TG), Dennis W. Roberts (WG), Wilford S. Mack (BTG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Loren F. Seger (P), Robert W. Bugie, (CP), James L. Hutchings (N), William J. Myers (B)

Bessemer is mis-identified as Frank A. Bessemer in the photo. His middle name is Martin. 95th Bomb Group collection

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/363124/frank-martin-bessemer

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

People

Frederick G Rosenzweig

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

Loren Fred Seger

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

Richard S Sutkowski

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

Alexander Z Weisz

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

Aircraft

42-31877

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Holes

42-31999

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chicken Ship : The Pickwickian : King Salvo
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
A crsashed B-17F Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3273) of the 95th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "1746. MRU. 12-23-43. Repps, Norfolk Co. B-17F, 42-3273. A." Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/12/43 A.' On reverse: Damaged USAAF Photographic Station 505 [Stamp].

42-3273

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37882) of the 95th Bomb Group landing at Colorado in October 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-15-DL Denver, Colorada, October 1943.'

42-37882

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard Time : A-Good-Bett : Blues in the Reich
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 43-38288) of the 95th Bomb Group, that has crash-landed at Horham. Image by Roland E "Lefty" Nairn of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'I took this at Horham, Eng A.B., 7th Mar 1945. R.E. "Lefty" Nairn, 336 Sqdn, 95 BG.'

43-38288

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Goin' My Way : V for Victory
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Missions

851

  • Date: 27 February 1945

847

  • Date: 25 February 1945

841

  • Date: 22 February 1945
  • Official Description:

839

  • Date: 21 February 1945

835

  • Date: 19 February 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

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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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…

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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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

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ContributorAAM
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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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