John R McKee
MilitaryFrom Hamaker family photographs (Lt. L.E. Hamaker Jr. copilot)
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other 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
Added a location for the Evaded event per info in the A/C “Description”.
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.
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