Desmond E Steele
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 November 1944 in B-24 #4251272. Killed in Action (KIA).
2nd Lieutenant Desmond E. Steele. His date of birth and next of kin are uncertain. He had one brother, Private Wayne A. Steele, of the 164th Infantry Regiment, who died of pneumonia at Valencia on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, on June 16, 1945. Lieutenant Steele’s hometown was Falmouth, Kentucky.
On November 30, 1944, he was serving as the Copilot aboard B-24 tail #42-51272 when it went down over Neukirchen, Germany.
He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Falmouth.
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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-24 Liberator
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
30 November 1944 | ||
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Born |
Falmouth, KY, USA | 2nd Lieutenant Desmond E. Steele. His date of birth and next of kin are uncertain. He had one brother, Private Wayne A. Steele, of the 164th Infantry Regiment, who died of pneumonia at Valencia on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, on June 16, 1945. Lieutenant Steele’s hometown was Falmouth, Kentucky. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 30 November 1944 | On November 30, 1944, he was serving as the Copilot aboard B-24 tail #42-51272 when it went down over Neukirchen, Germany. |
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Buried |
Falmouth, KY, USA | He is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Falmouth. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database