Robert Warren McKee

Military
Studio portrait of Robert W McKee UPL 79647 UPL 79647 Robert W. McKee

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Object Number - UPL 79647 - Robert W. McKee

Assigned to 776BS, 464BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer 17-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-49710) nicknamed "Stevonovitch II (Black Nan)" of the 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes and rolls over in midair as a result of a direct flak hit, during a mission over Lugo, Italy, 10 April 1945.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ritz
  • Unit: 776th Bomb Squadron 464th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 February 1924 BornLos Angeles County, California

Enlisted

Los Angeles, California 2 March 1943 EnlistedLos Angeles, California

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Nagykanza, Hungary 17 December 1944 Killed in Action (KIA)Nagykanza, Hungary

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy 1 January 1946 Tablets of the MissingFlorence American Cemetery and MemorialFlorence, Italy

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia 12 April 2005 Remains recovered and Re-InterredArlington National CemeteryArlington, Virginia

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