Joseph Gerard Keenan
Military
Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy.
Front, left to right : Eugene Szulczewski, Paul Dickerson, Richard Kindig (not Kindic !) and Andrew Marcin (not Marsin !) Hutchinson & Cortright
Corrected 2 names in the crew photo
MACR 4938
Object Number - UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy. Front, left to right : Eugene...
Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14094229 at enlistment, then O-701492
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15130296 at enlistment, then O-813756
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37549316
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13025756
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York City, New York | 17 October 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
26 February 1943 | Nashville Air Corps Facilities, Nashville, Tennessee | |
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Other Bailed out |
20 May 1944 | of B-17 #42-37864 over Holland, landed in Belgium | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 May 1944 | captured, interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Liberated by US troops at Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany | |
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Died |
16 July 2007 | West Islip, New York | |
| North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania (student at St Marys College) |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 4938
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938