Staff Sergeant Eugene McKee, Army serial number 37493464, was born at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri on December 22, 1922. His parents were Ray McKee (21 Nov 1896 – 20 Jun 1949), who was born at Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois; and Sadie Elizabeth (Slover) McKee (23 Feb 1897 – 19 Sep 1976), who was born in Missouri. His parents married at Lawson, Ray County, Missouri on October 15, 1915. His father was a farmer.
He had at least eight siblings: Ivan Dean McKee (20 Apr 1918 – 26 Dec 1979), Mary Frances (McKee) Cates (24 Mar 1920 – 26 Sep 1992), Alice Marie McKee (5 Sep 1925 – 14 Apr 1926), Forrest Ray McKee (18 Feb 1928 – 29 May 1990), Betty Lou (McKee) Long (1 Apr 1930 – unk), Norma Lee (McKee) Love (1933 – unk), Roy Dell McKee (14 Aug 1935 – 8 Aug 2008), and Patricia Ann (McKee) Durbin (23 Mar 1938 – 16 May 2018). In 1940 the family lived just north of the Missouri River near Camden in rural Ray County, Missouri, near Kansas City.
After enlistment, he completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Doyle E. Simons. In December 1943 the Simons crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 combat crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. The crew flew B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf' from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived at Lavenham by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. After the Group arrived in England, Lt Simons was grounded with appendicitis, and was replaced as First Pilot by 2/Lt Lorin D. McCleary Jr. Here is Lt McCleary's crew roster on May 11, 1944:
B-24H 42-52444 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• McCleary, Lorin D - 2/Lt - Pilot - KIA
• McCoy, Ernest E - 2/Lt - Copilot - KIA
• Kramer, Victor S - 2/Lt - Navigator - KIA
• Perry, Joseph D - 2/Lt - Bombardier - KIA
• Owens, Harold E - S/Sgt - Engineer - POW
• McKee, Eugene - S/Sgt - Radio Operator - KIA
• Frey, Arthur C - Sgt - Nose Turret - KIA
• Churm, Paul K - Sgt - Top Turret - KIA
• Barboza, Clemente M - Sgt - Ball Turret - KIA
• Knapp, Dale L - Sgt - Tail Turret - KIA
On May 11, 1944, the McCleary crew took off from Lavenham in B-24H 42-52444 on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Chaumont, France. The secondary target was Troyes. The 487th Bomb Group formation never reached the target. Navigational error resulted in the formation flying over accurate German flak guns guarding the airfield at Chateaudun, France. S/Sgt McKee and eight of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak over Chateaudun. The aircraft took a direct flak hit in the nose and flight deck and started burning at the engines. It went into a dive, exploded in the air, and crashed 3 kilometers east of Varize, France, near Bazoches-en-Dunois. One man, Staff Sergeant Harold E. Owens, survived. He wrote:
"At approximately 1145 we were hit by flak in the nose, which resulted in the death of Lt Victor Kramer, navigator, Sgt Paul Churm, top turret gunner, and S/Sgt Eugene McKee, radio operator. The plane immediately burst into flames, we were flying at an altitude of approximately 11,000 feet, a few seconds later the plane started into a dive, and exploded in mid air, with the result that I was blown clear of the plane. I managed to pull my ripcord and landed eight miles north of Chateaudun, France. I made a safe landing and at a distance of one quarter of a mile I saw the plane completely wrecked and on fire. I was the only member of the crew who parachuted to safety. I did not go near the plane because I knew the bombs had not exploded. I hid in the woods and about five minutes later the bombs exploded."
The dead were recovered by German troops, who buried them at the Grand Cimetière in Orleans, France. After the war, S/Sgt McKee's remains were reinterred at Epinal American Cemetery, France, in Plot B, Row 23, Grave 65. There is another photo of his grave posted on the 487th Bomb Group website.
A memorial plaque was dedicated to the McCleary crew at Varize, Eure-et-Loire, Centre, France on May 9, 2015. The plaque was made possible through the efforts of Jean Pierre and Forced Landing Association, in collaboration with the municipalities of Varize and Bazoches-en-Dunois, France. The plaque is mounted in an entry alcove of the thirteenth-century Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul) on Place de l'Église, Varize, France (map coordinates 48.096472°N, 1.513639°E).
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Missouri; Clay County. McKee, Ray. (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Missouri; Ray County; Camden Township. McKee, Ray. 4 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. American Battle Monuments Commission
5. B24BestWeb. B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf'
6. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
7. Forced Landing Association, Eure-et-Loire, France. Point of contact: Jean Pierre
8. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
9. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 January 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
10. Hartman, Don and Jeanine. FamilyHart Database about Ray MCKEE. Jan 2013
11. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 4782
12. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
He had at least eight siblings: Ivan Dean McKee (20 Apr 1918 – 26 Dec 1979), Mary Frances (McKee) Cates (24 Mar 1920 – 26 Sep 1992), Alice Marie McKee (5 Sep 1925 – 14 Apr 1926), Forrest Ray McKee (18 Feb 1928 – 29 May 1990), Betty Lou (McKee) Long (1 Apr 1930 – unk), Norma Lee (McKee) Love (1933 – unk), Roy Dell McKee (14 Aug 1935 – 8 Aug 2008), and Patricia Ann (McKee) Durbin (23 Mar 1938 – 16 May 2018). In 1940 the family lived just north of the Missouri River near Camden in rural Ray County, Missouri, near Kansas City.
After enlistment, he completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Doyle E. Simons. In December 1943 the Simons crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 combat crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. The crew flew B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf' from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived at Lavenham by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. After the Group arrived in England, Lt Simons was grounded with appendicitis, and was replaced as First Pilot by 2/Lt Lorin D. McCleary Jr. Here is Lt McCleary's crew roster on May 11, 1944:
B-24H 42-52444 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• McCleary, Lorin D - 2/Lt - Pilot - KIA
• McCoy, Ernest E - 2/Lt - Copilot - KIA
• Kramer, Victor S - 2/Lt - Navigator - KIA
• Perry, Joseph D - 2/Lt - Bombardier - KIA
• Owens, Harold E - S/Sgt - Engineer - POW
• McKee, Eugene - S/Sgt - Radio Operator - KIA
• Frey, Arthur C - Sgt - Nose Turret - KIA
• Churm, Paul K - Sgt - Top Turret - KIA
• Barboza, Clemente M - Sgt - Ball Turret - KIA
• Knapp, Dale L - Sgt - Tail Turret - KIA
On May 11, 1944, the McCleary crew took off from Lavenham in B-24H 42-52444 on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Chaumont, France. The secondary target was Troyes. The 487th Bomb Group formation never reached the target. Navigational error resulted in the formation flying over accurate German flak guns guarding the airfield at Chateaudun, France. S/Sgt McKee and eight of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak over Chateaudun. The aircraft took a direct flak hit in the nose and flight deck and started burning at the engines. It went into a dive, exploded in the air, and crashed 3 kilometers east of Varize, France, near Bazoches-en-Dunois. One man, Staff Sergeant Harold E. Owens, survived. He wrote:
"At approximately 1145 we were hit by flak in the nose, which resulted in the death of Lt Victor Kramer, navigator, Sgt Paul Churm, top turret gunner, and S/Sgt Eugene McKee, radio operator. The plane immediately burst into flames, we were flying at an altitude of approximately 11,000 feet, a few seconds later the plane started into a dive, and exploded in mid air, with the result that I was blown clear of the plane. I managed to pull my ripcord and landed eight miles north of Chateaudun, France. I made a safe landing and at a distance of one quarter of a mile I saw the plane completely wrecked and on fire. I was the only member of the crew who parachuted to safety. I did not go near the plane because I knew the bombs had not exploded. I hid in the woods and about five minutes later the bombs exploded."
The dead were recovered by German troops, who buried them at the Grand Cimetière in Orleans, France. After the war, S/Sgt McKee's remains were reinterred at Epinal American Cemetery, France, in Plot B, Row 23, Grave 65. There is another photo of his grave posted on the 487th Bomb Group website.
A memorial plaque was dedicated to the McCleary crew at Varize, Eure-et-Loire, Centre, France on May 9, 2015. The plaque was made possible through the efforts of Jean Pierre and Forced Landing Association, in collaboration with the municipalities of Varize and Bazoches-en-Dunois, France. The plaque is mounted in an entry alcove of the thirteenth-century Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul) on Place de l'Église, Varize, France (map coordinates 48.096472°N, 1.513639°E).
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Missouri; Clay County. McKee, Ray. (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Missouri; Ray County; Camden Township. McKee, Ray. 4 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. American Battle Monuments Commission
5. B24BestWeb. B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf'
6. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
7. Forced Landing Association, Eure-et-Loire, France. Point of contact: Jean Pierre
8. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
9. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 January 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
10. Hartman, Don and Jeanine. FamilyHart Database about Ray MCKEE. Jan 2013
11. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 4782
12. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
Staff Sergeant Eugene McKee, Army serial number 37493464, was born at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri on December 22, 1922. His parents were Ray McKee (21 Nov 1896 – 20 Jun 1949), who was born at Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois; and Sadie Elizabeth (Slover) McKee (23 Feb 1897 – 19 Sep 1976), who was born in Missouri. His parents married at Lawson, Ray County, Missouri on October 15, 1915. His father was a farmer.
He had at least eight siblings: Ivan Dean McKee (20 Apr 1918 – 26 Dec 1979), Mary Frances (McKee) Cates (24 Mar 1920 – 26 Sep 1992), Alice Marie McKee (5 Sep 1925 – 14 Apr 1926), Forrest Ray McKee (18 Feb 1928 – 29 May 1990), Betty Lou (McKee) Long (1 Apr 1930 – unk), Norma Lee (McKee) Love (1933 – unk), Roy Dell McKee (14 Aug 1935 – 8 Aug 2008), and Patricia Ann (McKee) Durbin (23 Mar 1938 – 16 May 2018). In 1940 the family lived just north of the Missouri River near Camden in rural Ray County, Missouri, near Kansas City.
After enlistment, he completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Doyle E. Simons. In December 1943 the Simons crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 combat crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. The crew flew B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf' from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived at Lavenham by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. After the Group arrived in England, Lt Simons was grounded with appendicitis, and was replaced as First Pilot by 2/Lt Lorin D. McCleary Jr. Here is Lt McCleary's crew roster on May 11, 1944:
B-24H 42-52444 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• McCleary, Lorin D - 2/Lt - Pilot - KIA
• McCoy, Ernest E - 2/Lt - Copilot - KIA
• Kramer, Victor S - 2/Lt - Navigator - KIA
• Perry, Joseph D - 2/Lt - Bombardier - KIA
• Owens, Harold E - S/Sgt - Engineer - POW
• McKee, Eugene - S/Sgt - Radio Operator - KIA
• Frey, Arthur C - Sgt - Nose Turret - KIA
• Churm, Paul K - Sgt - Top Turret - KIA
• Barboza, Clemente M - Sgt - Ball Turret - KIA
• Knapp, Dale L - Sgt - Tail Turret - KIA
On May 11, 1944, the McCleary crew took off from Lavenham in B-24H 42-52444 on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Chaumont, France. The secondary target was Troyes. The 487th Bomb Group formation never reached the target. Navigational error resulted in the formation flying over accurate German flak guns guarding the airfield at Chateaudun, France. S/Sgt McKee and eight of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak over Chateaudun. The aircraft took a direct flak hit in the nose and flight deck and started burning at the engines. It went into a dive, exploded in the air, and crashed 3 kilometers east of Varize, France, near Bazoches-en-Dunois. One man, Staff Sergeant Harold E. Owens, survived. He wrote:
"At approximately 1145 we were hit by flak in the nose, which resulted in the death of Lt Victor Kramer, navigator, Sgt Paul Churm, top turret gunner, and S/Sgt Eugene McKee, radio operator. The plane immediately burst into flames, we were flying at an altitude of approximately 11,000 feet, a few seconds later the plane started into a dive, and exploded in mid air, with the result that I was blown clear of the plane. I managed to pull my ripcord and landed eight miles north of Chateaudun, France. I made a safe landing and at a distance of one quarter of a mile I saw the plane completely wrecked and on fire. I was the only member of the crew who parachuted to safety. I did not go near the plane because I knew the bombs had not exploded. I hid in the woods and about five minutes later the bombs exploded."
The dead were recovered by German troops, who buried them at the Grand Cimetière in Orleans, France. After the war, S/Sgt McKee's remains were reinterred at Epinal American Cemetery, France, in Plot B, Row 23, Grave 65. There is another photo of his grave posted on the 487th Bomb Group website.
A memorial plaque was dedicated to the McCleary crew at Varize, Eure-et-Loire, Centre, France on May 9, 2015. The plaque was made possible through the efforts of Jean Pierre and Forced Landing Association, in collaboration with the municipalities of Varize and Bazoches-en-Dunois, France. The plaque is mounted in an entry alcove of the thirteenth-century Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul) on Place de l'Église, Varize, France (map coordinates 48.096472°N, 1.513639°E).
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Missouri; Clay County. McKee, Ray. (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Missouri; Ray County; Camden Township. McKee, Ray. 4 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. American Battle Monuments Commission
5. B24BestWeb. B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf'
6. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
7. Forced Landing Association, Eure-et-Loire, France. Point of contact: Jean Pierre
8. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
9. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 January 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
10. Hartman, Don and Jeanine. FamilyHart Database about Ray MCKEE. Jan 2013
11. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 4782
12. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
He had at least eight siblings: Ivan Dean McKee (20 Apr 1918 – 26 Dec 1979), Mary Frances (McKee) Cates (24 Mar 1920 – 26 Sep 1992), Alice Marie McKee (5 Sep 1925 – 14 Apr 1926), Forrest Ray McKee (18 Feb 1928 – 29 May 1990), Betty Lou (McKee) Long (1 Apr 1930 – unk), Norma Lee (McKee) Love (1933 – unk), Roy Dell McKee (14 Aug 1935 – 8 Aug 2008), and Patricia Ann (McKee) Durbin (23 Mar 1938 – 16 May 2018). In 1940 the family lived just north of the Missouri River near Camden in rural Ray County, Missouri, near Kansas City.
After enlistment, he completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned as radio operator on the heavy bomber crew of Lt Doyle E. Simons. In December 1943 the Simons crew began B-24 crew training at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. In January 1944 the crew was assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. There they completed B-24 combat crew training, and deployed with the Group to England in March 1944. The crew flew B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf' from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Lavenham, England via the southern Atlantic ferry route—a journey of about 10,000 miles—and arrived at Lavenham by mid-April 1944.
The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. After the Group arrived in England, Lt Simons was grounded with appendicitis, and was replaced as First Pilot by 2/Lt Lorin D. McCleary Jr. Here is Lt McCleary's crew roster on May 11, 1944:
B-24H 42-52444 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• McCleary, Lorin D - 2/Lt - Pilot - KIA
• McCoy, Ernest E - 2/Lt - Copilot - KIA
• Kramer, Victor S - 2/Lt - Navigator - KIA
• Perry, Joseph D - 2/Lt - Bombardier - KIA
• Owens, Harold E - S/Sgt - Engineer - POW
• McKee, Eugene - S/Sgt - Radio Operator - KIA
• Frey, Arthur C - Sgt - Nose Turret - KIA
• Churm, Paul K - Sgt - Top Turret - KIA
• Barboza, Clemente M - Sgt - Ball Turret - KIA
• Knapp, Dale L - Sgt - Tail Turret - KIA
On May 11, 1944, the McCleary crew took off from Lavenham in B-24H 42-52444 on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Chaumont, France. The secondary target was Troyes. The 487th Bomb Group formation never reached the target. Navigational error resulted in the formation flying over accurate German flak guns guarding the airfield at Chateaudun, France. S/Sgt McKee and eight of his crewmates were killed in action when their aircraft was shot down by flak over Chateaudun. The aircraft took a direct flak hit in the nose and flight deck and started burning at the engines. It went into a dive, exploded in the air, and crashed 3 kilometers east of Varize, France, near Bazoches-en-Dunois. One man, Staff Sergeant Harold E. Owens, survived. He wrote:
"At approximately 1145 we were hit by flak in the nose, which resulted in the death of Lt Victor Kramer, navigator, Sgt Paul Churm, top turret gunner, and S/Sgt Eugene McKee, radio operator. The plane immediately burst into flames, we were flying at an altitude of approximately 11,000 feet, a few seconds later the plane started into a dive, and exploded in mid air, with the result that I was blown clear of the plane. I managed to pull my ripcord and landed eight miles north of Chateaudun, France. I made a safe landing and at a distance of one quarter of a mile I saw the plane completely wrecked and on fire. I was the only member of the crew who parachuted to safety. I did not go near the plane because I knew the bombs had not exploded. I hid in the woods and about five minutes later the bombs exploded."
The dead were recovered by German troops, who buried them at the Grand Cimetière in Orleans, France. After the war, S/Sgt McKee's remains were reinterred at Epinal American Cemetery, France, in Plot B, Row 23, Grave 65. There is another photo of his grave posted on the 487th Bomb Group website.
A memorial plaque was dedicated to the McCleary crew at Varize, Eure-et-Loire, Centre, France on May 9, 2015. The plaque was made possible through the efforts of Jean Pierre and Forced Landing Association, in collaboration with the municipalities of Varize and Bazoches-en-Dunois, France. The plaque is mounted in an entry alcove of the thirteenth-century Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul) on Place de l'Église, Varize, France (map coordinates 48.096472°N, 1.513639°E).
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1930 US Census; Missouri; Clay County. McKee, Ray. (his father)
3. 1940 US Census; Missouri; Ray County; Camden Township. McKee, Ray. 4 Apr 1940 (his father)
4. American Battle Monuments Commission
5. B24BestWeb. B-24H 41-29479 'The Big Bad Wolf'
6. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
7. Forced Landing Association, Eure-et-Loire, France. Point of contact: Jean Pierre
8. HQ, 359th Combat Crew Training School, Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico. Special Orders Number 71. 11 March 1944 (487th Bomb Group flight echelon orders to proceed from Alamogordo, New Mexico to Herington, Kansas during the deployment to England)
9. HQ, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Special Orders Number 1. 1 January 1944 (transfer of fifty heavy bomber combat crews, less navigators, from Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona, to the 487th Bomb Group at Alamogordo Army Air Base, New Mexico)
10. Hartman, Don and Jeanine. FamilyHart Database about Ray MCKEE. Jan 2013
11. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 4782
12. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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EUGENE MC KEE
S SGT 838 BOMB SQ 487 BOMB GP (H)
MISSOURI MAY 11 1944
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