Military
Roger Keedwell’s Dog Tag on page 35 of KU-2407 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147886912 (NARA)
Roger Keedwell was Bombardier on B-17 42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Bailed out, but his parachute failed to open. Killed In Action (KIA)
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 487th Bomb Group
James R. Brown was Pilot of B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Initially evaded, helped by members of the...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
William Harris was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
Norman Hollander Right Waist gunneron B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. He was credited with downing 1 JU-88 or Me-210 during the mission, before his Fortress crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam,...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
George Jellison was Tail Gunner on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 487th Bomb Group
Stivers Lee was Radio Operator on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Prisoner of War (POW)
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 487th Bomb Group
Carlisle Limehouse was Navigator on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Managed to evade shortly, but was...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 487th Bomb Group
John Mann was Co-Pilot on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Initially evaded, helped by members of the...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
John McNamara was Ball Turret gunner on B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. Crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Initially evaded, helped by...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 487th Bomb Group
Ralph Tyne was Left Waist gunner on B-17 #42-39811, shot down by Flak on a night leaflet operation to France 5-6 July 1944. Crashed at Overschie, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report-MACR 6988. Prisoner of War (POW)
Group
The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944.
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Group
The 492nd Bomb Group, after flying similar missions to other heavy bomb groups until the late summer of 1944, took up 'Carpetbagger' missions, transporting agents, supplies and propaganda leaflets to southern France. The Group was taking on the role of...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 8/9/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-C] Chelveston 17/10/43; then to 422NLS [JJ-E] 23/5/44; transferred 838BS/487BG Lavenham. Missing in Action French leaflet drop 6 July 1944, with Pilot James R. Brown, Co-pilot John H. Mann,...
6 July 1944
Military site : airfield
Lavenham was built as a standard USAAF bomber airfield, with fifty hardstandings, T2 hangars and 2,000 and 1,400 feet runways. John Laing and Son Ltd. carried out the work in 1943, and the airfield opened in April 1944. The 487th Bomb Group occupied...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York | 20 December 1919 |
| Lived in | July 1941 | |
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Detroit, Michigan |
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| Killed In Action (KIA) | 6 July 1944 | |
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He bailed out of B-17 42-39811 over Rotterdam, The Netherlands, but his chute failed to open. |
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| Buried | 6 July 1944 | |
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At the cemetery in Schiedam, The Netherlands |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 July 2020 15:22:47 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography, events and unit associations |
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MACR 6988; |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 July 2020 14:39:37 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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MACR 6988 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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