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Personal info

Full name
MC KEE, Robert D
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Florida
Hometown
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
O-808872
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
732nd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 April 1944
Place of death
Near Wistedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Eldridge Mc Kee (father)
Francis (Stanley) Mc Kee (mother)
Margaret Mc Kee (sister)
Eldrigde Mc Kee (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52185
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Little Joe
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the MIAG-Petritor aviation industry
MACR: 3926

More information

2nd Lt Robert Mc Kee graduated from Grant High School and attended Oregon State college.

He joined the National Guard in Portland, Oregon on 16 September 1940 and was stationed at Maxwell Field, Alabama. He received his wings and second lieutenant's commission at Turner Field, Albany, Georgia in August 1943.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. The entire crew of ten was killed.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that 2nd Robert Mc Kee was accounted for on 20 June 2024. Additional information will follow (information added August 2024).

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.8thafhs.com, Newspaper article
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Grant High School yearbook, 1936, Kathy C. Kaminski, niece of Francis E. Callahan