William J McKeon
Military
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UPL 37615
William McKeon Crew
401st BG - 613th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward D. Hill (TG), Frederick L. Fletcher (WG), Charles E. May (BTG), Jack Sharp (RO), Harold Hallman (WG), Raymond Harman (FE), Joseph Kozlowsky (B), Werner Zukunft (N), Robert Gray (CP), William McKeon (P)
This crew was shot down on their 16th mission, 19 July 1944. 9 POW and 1 Evadee (McKeon) 401st Bomb Group collection
401st BG - 613th BS
Standing Left to Right: Edward D. Hill (TG), Frederick L. Fletcher (WG), Charles E. May (BTG), Jack Sharp (RO), Harold Hallman (WG), Raymond Harman (FE), Joseph Kozlowsky (B), Werner Zukunft (N), Robert Gray (CP), William McKeon (P)
This crew was shot down on their 16th mission, 19 July 1944. 9 POW and 1 Evadee (McKeon) 401st Bomb Group collection
Shot down by flak and crashed near Corne in B-17 3446129 on 19 July 1944 and Evaded
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36598436
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-820167
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17086300
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 July 1944
- Date: 13 July 1944
- Date: 11 July 1944
- Date: 7 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other 401st BG Combat Tour |
Deenethorpe Airfield, UK | 30 May 1944 - 19 July 1944 | |
Other Shot Down/Evaded |
Corne, France | 19 July 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8157, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=153