William J McKee | American Air Museum

William J McKee Jr

Military

Killed in Action (KIA) near Brandenburg in B-17 'You All Right' #43-39125

Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 613th Bomb Squadron, 401st Bomb Group.

613th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-39125

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: You All Right, Der Grossarschvogel
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died		20 April 1945
Born	Royal Oak, Michigan
Buried

Revisions

Date27 Feb 2017 11:32:50

ContributorLucy May

Changes

Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 14174 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:21

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14174,

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