Earl F Keesecker Jr

Military

Shot down 21 January 1945 in B-17 #43-38340 'Milk Run', Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38340

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Milk Run
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Raton, New Mexico, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 January 1945

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 12236 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database