Charles W Keeling Jr

Military

Completed 29 actual combat missions; credited with 1 additional mission. 5/19/44 Kiel; 5/22/44 Kiel; 5/23/44 Bayon, France, 5/25/44 Fecamp/Metz, France; 6/4/44 Massey/Palaisean, France; 6/6/44 Ver-Sur-Mer, France; 6/11/44 Bernay/St. Martin, France; 6/12/44 Vitry-En-Artois, France; 8/13/44 Elbeuf, France; 8/16/44 Schkenditz; 8/25/44 Peenemunde; 8/26/44 La Louviere-Terte, France; 8/27/44 Berlin; 9/3/44 Ludwigshaven; 9/5/44 Ludwigshaven; 9/10/44 Gaggenau; 5/17/44 Groesbeck; 9/19/44 Hamm; 9/30/44 Munster; 10/7/44 Politz; 10/15/44 Cologne; 10/17/44 Cologne; 10/19/44 Mannheim; 10/26/44 Bielfeld; 10/30/44 Munster; 11/6/44 Harburg; 11/25/44 Merseburg; 12/11/44 Frankfurt; 12/12/44 Merseburg; 12/24/44 Koblenz. After completing these missions, he was a ferry pilot, piloting planes in the European and Mediterranean theaters.



Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME Campaign Medal w/2 Bronze Stars/ DFC

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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.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweat er Out
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cora, West Virginia 19 November 1916

Died

18 February 1973

Buried

Danville, Virginia

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NARA file verified DFC. No file for AM is available. Find a Grave has DFC and AM & 4 OLC on headstone.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, Willard H. Keeling, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=131