Robert Albert Keller
Military
My father-in-law's Robert Albert Keller photograph
Object Number - UPL 61435 - Robert Albert Keller
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Flushing, New York, USA | 15 July 1923 | |
Enlisted |
New York City, New York, United States | 20 November 1942 | Enlisted as a private in the Air Corps |
Other POW (Prisoner of War) |
France | 5 June 1944 - 26 May 1945 | Captured 5 June 1944 near Landrethun-le-Nord. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan / Zagan, Poland. |
Born |
Flushing, Queens County, United States |
Revisions
ContributorWalterC
ChangesChanges to Aircraft, Mascot?, Missions and Biography
Sources
Changes - Added 44-40205 as first aircraft. / Added Mission 391
Source: My father-in-law, Robert Albert Keller's personal diary
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, events, person associations and mission associations
Sources
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 5633
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources
MACR 5633 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database