Earle Cheek
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Wesel in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735
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Alan Winfield Keenen
Military
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Lt. Laurence R. Lofgren Crew c. 1944 Pueblo, CO Standing Back Row L to R: F/O James Froula; Lt. Merlin Gaudet; Lt. Laurence Lofgren; Lt. George Sankey Middle Row L to R: T/Sgt. William Clifton; S/Sgt. Alan W. Keenen; S/Sgt. Kenneth "Joe" Stalder Sitting Front Row L to R: S/Sgt. Thomas Davis; S/Sgt. Robert Martinec; T/Sgt. Melvin Solomon
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"Bangin' Lulu" a/c 42-51091
Lone survivor of B-24 'Queen of Angels' #42-50735. Sustaining burns from the on-board fire, Alan bailed out of the burning aircraft at an altitude of 100-150 ft. He broke his ankle upon landing. He was immediately captured by the Germans and was a POW for the remainder of the war. He was liberated and repatriated. Honorable Discharge 8 Nov 1945.
Service
People
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William Clifton
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner/Engineer | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near northwest Wesel, Germany in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #42-50735 during Operation Varsity. -
Thomas Davis
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
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Merlin Gaudet
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near northwest of Wesel, Germany in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735. ... -
Fredrick Jacobs
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Wesel in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #42-50735 -
Laurence Lofgren
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) northwest of Wesel, Germany in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #42-50735. He was also the pilot of the "Bangin' Lulu" #42-51091. -
Robert Martinec
Military | Staff Sergeant | Enlisted, Nose Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Wesel in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735 -
George Sankey
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator/Lead Squadron Navigator | 446th Bomb Group
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Melvin Solomon
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Wesel in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735 ... -
Kenneth Stalder
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 446th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Wesel in B-24 'Queen of Angels' #4250735
Units served with
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446th Bomb Group
Group
The 446th Bomb Group, who came to be known as "the Bungay Buckaroos" after the name of their Suffolk base, flew B-24 Liberators on strategic, support and interdictory missions over Europe. The Group led the Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Division on the... -
704th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-50735 Queen of Angels
B-24 Liberator
Associated Place
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Bungay
Military site : airfield
From late November 1943, the three bases of Bungay, Seething and Hardwick were the stations of the 20th Combat Wing of the Eighth Air Force. The base had previously housed individual squadrons of the 310th Bomb Group (Twelfth Air Force) and of the 93rd... -
Stalag Luft I
Other location
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446th Memorial, Abbey Road, Flixton
Other location
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Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
Other location
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Kennett Square, PA, USA | 17 January 1926 |
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Only child of Charles Winfield Keenen and Anna Florence (nee Gray) Keenen. Alan lost both his parents by 1941 when he was 15 years old. |
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| Returned (RTD) | Germany | 24 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
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Captured by the Germans. Served out the rest of the war as a POW at Stalag Luft One in Barth, Germany. POW camp was liberated by Russian troops on 1 May 1945. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 August 2015 14:27:25 | gwap53 | Changes to place associations |
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Lt./Col. Alan W. Keenen (USAF, Ret.) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 August 2015 03:14:12 | gwap53 | Changes to biography, events, person associations and place associations |
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Lt./Col. Alan W. Keenen (USAF, Ret.) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 August 2015 03:00:38 | gwap53 | Changes to role |
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Lt./Col. Alan W. Keenen (USAF, Ret.) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 August 2015 02:59:10 | gwap53 | Changes to service number |
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Lt./Col. Alan W. Keenen (USAF, Ret.) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 August 2015 02:57:21 | gwap53 | Changes to middlename, nickname and awards |
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Alan Winfield Keenen and his daughter, Betsy Keenen Walker |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:02:57 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14181 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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