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2Lt Francis T O'Keefe

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2Lt Francis T O'Keefe

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Sep 1944 (aged 37–38)
Mannheim, Stadtkreis Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot B Row 21 Grave 20
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B-17 Navigator, assigned to 527th Bomb Sqn, 379th Bomb Grp, 8th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 8845. Awarded Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart [Posthumously].
B-17 Navigator, assigned to 527th Bomb Sqn, 379th Bomb Grp, 8th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Mannheim in 43-38092; A/C disintegrated after hit by flak in bomb bay. Crashed Ludwigshafen. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Aircrew Report 8845. Awarded Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart [Posthumously].

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Entered the service from New York.

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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56659085/francis_t-o'keefe: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Francis T O'Keefe (1906–9 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56659085, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).