Kenneth Edward Keene
MilitaryPilot - 93rd BG - 328th BS
Squadron Operations Officer - 466th BG - 784th BS
Retired from the USAF with the Rank of Brigadier General
466th BG Historian
26 combat missions: 1943 - Dec 11 Emden; 13 Kiel; 16 Bremen; 20 Bremen; 1944 - Jan 14 Pas de Calais; 21 Bois Carre/ 31 Siracourt; Feb 4 Frankfurt; 5 Tours; 8 Siracourt; 11 Siracourt; 12 Siracourt; 13 Siracourt; 20 Gotha; 21 Achmer; 24 Gotha; 25 Furth; 28 Buchy; Mar 2 Frankfurt; 3 Oranienburg; 5 Bergerac; 6 Berline; 16 Friedrichshaven; 18 Friedrichshaven; 20 Berlin; 24 Handorf
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Brigadier General
DFC/ Bronze Star/ AM w/ 6 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AF Commendation Medal/ Unit Citation/ GC/ ADSM/ ACM/ EAME/ WW II VM/ NDSM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ Korean Service Medal/ AF Longevity Service Award/ AF Reserve Medal/ 3 Indiana Medals
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Brigadier General
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Duffy's Tavern
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Connersville, Indiana | 21 June 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Indianapolis, IN, USA | 15 November 1941 | Fort Benjamin Harrison |
Other 93rd BG Combat Tour |
Hardwick, Cambridge CB23, UK | 11 December 1943 - 24 March 1944 | 26 Combat Missions |
Died |
Indianapolis, IN, USA | 31 August 1999 | |
Buried |
Indianapolis, IN, USA | 2 September 1999 | Washington Park Cemetery East |
Indianapolis, IN, USA | 1210 North LaSalle Street |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / widow, Mrs. Kenneth E. Keene & Page 314 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co 1998 edition, D790.A2S45