Charles W Keeling Jr
MilitaryCompleted 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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 |
Revisions
NARA file verified DFC. No file for AM is available. Find a Grave has DFC and AM & 4 OLC on headstone.
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