Keefe, William (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Keefe, William (NMI) ‡ ⇗
Rank	Corporal / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	12047362 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, effective 26 July 1944. Transferred to the Casual Pool, 70th Replacement Depot, per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 11 December 1944, effective 6 December 1944.
Duty	Tail Gunner
MOS	611 - Aerial Gunner
Last Duty Date	6 December 1944
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 21 October 1913 Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #155 dated 2 August 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #196 dated 4 October 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Spetchley Park, AAF Station 562 on 8 November 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #220 dated 7 November 1944. Promoted from Private to Staff Sergeant effective 2 Decenber 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #237 dated 2 December 1944.

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Kinnaird, William Robert⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. O'Donnell, Phillip John⇗	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Sharp, Paul Howard⇗	Navigator	TR
Flt. Ofcr. Hannan, John Michael⇗	Bombardier	CT
SGT. Adams, Benjamin Harold⇗	Togglier	POW
SGT. Schwartzly, Anthony Joseph⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
SGT. McGee, Earl Thomas⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Henderson, Clinton Lee, "Tex"⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Keefe, William (NMI)	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Freitas, Lawrence Ernest⇗	Flexible Gunner	CT

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 34 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
172⇗	4 August 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France	Tail Gunner	44‑6294⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
173⇗	5 August 1944	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy, low group. Sortie Report⇗
174⇗	7 August 1944	Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France	Tail Gunner	44‑6294⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
176⇗	9 August 1944	Target: Erding Airdrome & Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Erding, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group. Sortie Report⇗
177⇗	11 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France	Tail Gunner	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Tail Gunner	42‑102566⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed High group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
183⇗	24 August 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil & Chemical Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102566⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
195⇗	17 September 1944	Target: Tank and Gun Concentrations, Tactical Type: Military Location: Eindhoven & 's‑Hertogenbosch (den Bosch), The Netherlands	Tail Gunner	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit E Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37971⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6294⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
199⇗	26 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed with #4 feathered. Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6294⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
205⇗	5 October 1944	Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
207⇗	7 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107148⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Turned back, reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97309⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
212⇗	17 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37917⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
213⇗	18 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
215⇗	25 October 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑32106⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
216⇗	30 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
219⇗	4 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑97271⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑8409⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Tail Gunner	43‑37717⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft, replaced 44‑6109. Sortie Report⇗
232⇗	29 November 1944	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
233⇗	30 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany	Tail Gunner	44‑6109⇗	Combat Mission Credit This aircraft carried delayed action bombs. Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑102430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Tail Gunner	42‑107148⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗

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