Wilfred Elmer Keller
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 56281 - Sgt Wilfred E. Keller, 92BG
Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8277
Awards: AM (OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15131572 / O-813810
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Beardstown, Illinois, USA | 22 December 1920 | Son of Emil W. and Amanda Emma [Hohn] Keller. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 28 August 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Died |
Baltic Sea | 25 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Peenemunde in B-17 42-97958 25-Aug-44; flak hit in nose, crashed into Baltic Sea. KIA MACR 8277 |
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Based |
Podington | 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 407BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Magraten, Netherlands | |
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Buried |
Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI | Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/704280520/keller-wilfred-e-us-wwii-hospita…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56300436/wilfred-e-keller
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48971497/wilfred-elmer-keller
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8277 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
