Francis T O'Keefe

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32357621 / O-758272
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 9 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 26 April 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

Ludwigshafen, Germany 9 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8845

Born

Philadelphia, PA

Buried

Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot B Row 21 Grave 20

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 9 September 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.
South Ozone Park, Long Island, NY NoK: Wife Ruth L O'Keefe Long Island, NY

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8845 / MACR 8845; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 321 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database