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1LT Keith E Le Furjah

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1LT Keith E Le Furjah

Birth
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
26 Sep 1944 (aged 24)
Werl, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
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Plot A Row 2 Grave 8
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1st Lt Keith E. Le Furjah attended Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He flew 21 missions.Information received at interrogation:Aircraft No 500-P from 491st Bomb Group had flak burst about 20 feet in front it. About 3 minutes after the burst a gas cloud was seen to come from number 1 and number 2 engines. Aircraft then went into a flat spiral and a series of explosions occurred. It then crashed on a railroad at 5137N-0815E. 1 to 3 chutes were seen at 1432 hours.
1st Lt Keith E. Le Furjah attended Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He flew 21 missions.Information received at interrogation:Aircraft No 500-P from 491st Bomb Group had flak burst about 20 feet in front it. About 3 minutes after the burst a gas cloud was seen to come from number 1 and number 2 engines. Aircraft then went into a flat spiral and a series of explosions occurred. It then crashed on a railroad at 5137N-0815E. 1 to 3 chutes were seen at 1432 hours.

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Entered the service from Oklahoma.

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55902981/keith_e-le_furjah: accessed ), memorial page for 1LT Keith E Le Furjah (2 Dec 1919–26 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55902981, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).