S/Sgt Clifford E. Keeney enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 28 November 1942. He was a weaver before he enlisted.
The airplane feathered one engine and left the formation about half way between the target and Frankfurt, shortly after the formation was attacked by fighters. the pilot looked for a suitable place for an emergency landing but the aircraft lost altitude very rapidly, hit a chimney on a house and crashed at 12.45 hrs at the railway line on point 184,8.
Only one crewmember had time to jump before the crash.One crew member was taken prisoner, eight were killed. They were all buried at the cemetery of Neustädt-Werra.
The airplane feathered one engine and left the formation about half way between the target and Frankfurt, shortly after the formation was attacked by fighters. the pilot looked for a suitable place for an emergency landing but the aircraft lost altitude very rapidly, hit a chimney on a house and crashed at 12.45 hrs at the railway line on point 184,8.
Only one crewmember had time to jump before the crash.One crew member was taken prisoner, eight were killed. They were all buried at the cemetery of Neustädt-Werra.
S/Sgt Clifford E. Keeney enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 28 November 1942. He was a weaver before he enlisted.
The airplane feathered one engine and left the formation about half way between the target and Frankfurt, shortly after the formation was attacked by fighters. the pilot looked for a suitable place for an emergency landing but the aircraft lost altitude very rapidly, hit a chimney on a house and crashed at 12.45 hrs at the railway line on point 184,8.
Only one crewmember had time to jump before the crash.One crew member was taken prisoner, eight were killed. They were all buried at the cemetery of Neustädt-Werra.
The airplane feathered one engine and left the formation about half way between the target and Frankfurt, shortly after the formation was attacked by fighters. the pilot looked for a suitable place for an emergency landing but the aircraft lost altitude very rapidly, hit a chimney on a house and crashed at 12.45 hrs at the railway line on point 184,8.
Only one crewmember had time to jump before the crash.One crew member was taken prisoner, eight were killed. They were all buried at the cemetery of Neustädt-Werra.
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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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