Name:
John P. Keys
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-810894
Unit:
349th Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-08-08
State:
Tennessee
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
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Pilot of the B-17 43-37865, 1stLt Keys took off from Station 139 Thorpe Abbotts, UK, on a bombing mission over St-Sylvain. The plane was hit by flak and exploded in mid-air at 1232.
He also has a cenotaph located in Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee.