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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37731283
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-929877
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 22 March 1945
- Date: 18 March 1945
- Date: 17 March 1945
- Date: 15 March 1945
Places
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. |
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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 |