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Personal info

Full name
MC KINSEY, Thomas E
Date of birth
5 August 1923
Age
19
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Harris County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18061219
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
15 February 1943
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harry R. Mc Kinsey (father)
Doris G. Mc Kinsey (mother)
Dorothy L. Mc Kinsey (sister)
Sara J. Mc Kinsey (sister)
May V. Mc Kinsey (sister)
Naomi Mc Kinsey (sister)
Maxine Mc Kinsey (sister)
Richard H. Mc Kinsey (brother)
Delancey Mc Kinsey (sister)
Ansel Mc Kinsey (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23783
Data
Type: B-24D-5-CO
Nickname: Betty Anne

More information

S/Sgt Thomas E. McKinsey was employed at the McEvoy Company in Houston.

He enlisted on 27 December 1941 in Houston, Texas.

This aircraft was operating as the lead of the Group on a mission to bomb the port area of Dunkirk, France, when it was struck by flak and subsequently ditched into the English Channel. There were 7 crew killed and 4 were POWs. There was no MACR issued for this loss.

S/Sgt Thomas E. McKinsey is remembered at Helen Furnace Cemetery in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: FOHF, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.usaafdata.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com