Kelly A O'Keefe

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media-6516.jpeg UPL 6516 Hot Foot 2 or Axis Hot Foot
Rear L-R: Sgt Lloyd F Caubble, 1Lt Earl Miller, 1Lt Robert C Snyder, 1Lt William M Troutman, 1Lt C layton Raynes, Sgt William F Rae.

Front L-R: Sgt Leverne H Pliler, Sgt Kelly O'Keefe, Sgt Edward W Owens, Sgt Seaton M Woodley Jr.

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Object Number - UPL 6516 - Hot Foot 2 or Axis Hot Foot Rear L-R: Sgt Lloyd F Caubble, 1Lt Earl Miller, 1Lt Robert C Snyder, 1Lt William M Troutman, 1Lt C layton Raynes, Sgt...

Assigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Earl Miller crew. 19 x combat missions. Stuttgart mission in B-17 Hot Foot, on 6-Sep-43, A/C attacked by enemy fighters. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Earl Pershing Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 333rd Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Two B-17 Flying Fortreses, including (serial number 42-30612), of the 94th Bomb Group fly together during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse of print: '230612.'

42-30612

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hot Foot II, Freestrider
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 27 August 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Died

Stuttgart, Germany 6 September 1943 Stuttgart mission in B-17 Hot Foot, on 6-Sep-43, A/C attacked by enemy fighters. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

7 September 1943 Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 5 Grave 71

Born

Stevens County, Washington Son of Clyde B and Jessie P O'Keefe.

Based

Bury St Edmunds 6 September 1943 Assigned to 333BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Combat Sup, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 507by Bishop & Hey, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 6516 - Hot Foot 2 or Axis Hot Foot Rear L-R: Sgt Lloyd F...