Keathley, Edward Raine

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Keathley, Edward Raine ‡ ⇗
Rank	Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant
Serial Number	19053628 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per General Orders #176, HQ 2nd Air Force dated 20 November 1942, effective 28 December 1942.
Duty	Radio Operator / Gunner
Last Duty Date	25 July 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 5 July 1920 Ditched in Atlantic on flight From Gander, Newfoundland, to England on 10 June 1943. Rescued by a Canadian minesweeper and returned to Presque Isle, Maine. Completed the deployment to England on an ATC C-54, and joined Group later. Promoted to Technical Sergeant per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning report dated 1 January 1943.
Related Documents	Post Loss Document File #10⇗

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
--	10 June 1943	None Non-combat sortie	Radio Operator	42‑30041⇗	On ferry flight to the ETO, departed Gander late on 9 June 1943. Engine failures led to ditching in the ocean off the coast of Labrador. Sortie Report⇗
8⇗	14 July 1943	Target: Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Ball Turret	42‑30039⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off High Squadron deputy. Turned back at 0715 hrs over Channel because aircraft could not stay in formation - it felt 'sluggish.' Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Radio Operator	42‑30142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Radio Operator	42‑29670⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR Sortie Report⇗

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