Keith O'Conner Hamby

Military
media-23028.jpeg UPL 23028 Pilot Lt. Hamby crash-landed B-24H 42-52299 "Hard T' Get" at Old Buckenham (from battle damage) on return from 6-Mar-44 mission (Primary target: Berlin/Genhagen but Oranienburg airfield was bombed as a target of opportunity).

Note - Shark mouth added later.

Object Number - UPL 23028 - Pilot Lt. Hamby crash-landed B-24H 42-52299 "Hard T' Get" at Old Buckenham (from battle damage) on return from 6-Mar-44 mission (Primary target:...

Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Tutow mission in B-24 42-52240 9-Apr-44, A/C landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). MACR 3925.



Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13028996
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14125556
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16006636 / O-687479
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12094807 / O-692528
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39120683
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hard T Get
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hobart, OK 1 October 1923 Son of L H and Ruby Hamby.

Enlisted

28 May 1943

Other

Interned (INT)

Sweden 9 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Tutow mission in B-24 42-52240 9-Apr-44; A/C landed in Sweden, Interned (INT). MACR 3925

Other

Discharged USAAF

24 April 1946 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

13 October 1949 Re-enlisted USAF.

Other

Discharged USAF

7 March 1966 Honourable discharge.

Died

Mount Aukum, CA 23 March 1990

Buried

Oakmont Memorial Park Lafayette, Contra Costa County, CA 27 March 1990 Oakmont Memorial Park Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Added S/N per records at Fold3.com.
See: https://www.fold3.com/image/29635898

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Added an "Interned" event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added a connection to A/C #42-52240 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3925, The libertor Men of Old Buc; In Search of Peace, pg 244

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