Keith O'Conner Hamby
MilitaryNote - Shark mouth added later.
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.
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: 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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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 |
Revisions
Added S/N per records at Fold3.com.
See: https://www.fold3.com/image/29635898
Added a connection to A/C #42-52240 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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