Leon Mortimer Keene Jr
MilitaryAssigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. 22* x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13876.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
* Feb-45: 20th Nurnburg, 21st Nurnburg, 22nd Wittenburg, 26th Berlin, 28th Soest.
Mar-45: 1st Reutlingen, 2nd Rerdlin, 8th Felsonlon?, 9th Kassel, 10th Koesfeld, 14th Hameln, 15th Essen, 17th Molbis, 18th Berlin, 22nd Dorsten, 23rd Recklinghausen, 24th Vechtel, 30th Bremen.
Apr 45: 4th Hamburg, 8th Halberstadt, 10th Oranienburg.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2068073
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38404948
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20307592
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32406246 / O-1176023
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19163446 / O-780619
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 8 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 30 March 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 29 September 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
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Died |
Wilsnack, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 KIA MACR 13876. |
|
Born |
Philadelphia, PA | Son of Jane A Rutherford. | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Thurleigh | 10 April 1945 | Assigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Leige, Belgium Plot D Row 7 Grave 29 | ||
| Burbank, CA | At time of draft registration employed by Vega Aircraft Corp Burbank, California |