John R McKee

Military
media-16769.jpeg UPL 16769 1st Lt. John McKee, pilot of the Rose O' Day serial # 41-24495

From Hamaker family photographs (Lt. L.E. Hamaker Jr. copilot)

Object Number - UPL 16769 - 1st Lt. John McKee, pilot of the Rose O' Day serial # 41-24495

He reported to the group on 23 Jun 1942. He was shot down on his 4th mission. Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24495 'Rose O'Day' while serving as Pilot. Evaded and returned to London on 27 Jan 1943. He returned to the 8th AF as Group Operations Officer



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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rose O Day
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Evaded (EVD) Capture

France 20 December 1942 - 27 January 1943 Evaded capture and returned to England on 27-Jan-43. His evasion is recorded in Escape & Evasion Report #10, which may be viewed at; http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-10.pdf.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a location for the Evaded event per info in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014 Added crew position to description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added Evasion event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #10: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-10.pdf; made Place, Aircraft and Mission connectionw within existind website data.

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ContributorAAM
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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