Donald Keegstra
Military
Object Number - UPL 60575 - 2nd Lt Donald Keegstra
Caught fire and crashed near Badingham, Suffolk during assembly on a mission to Gilze-Rijen airfield, Holland on 10 Feb 1944 in B-24 42-52115 'Hell's Belle'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hells Belle
- Unit: 714th Bomb Squadron 448th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
10 February 1944 | ||
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Born |
Michigan | ||
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Buried |
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Combat Chronology Supplement p. 226, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
