Keough William Joseph

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William Joseph Keough is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

ISOB William Joseph Keough

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

William Joseph Keough

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Serial Number:

J/6175

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1942-06-02

State:

Maine

Cemetery:

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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William Joseph Keough was the son of Thomas Joseph and Jeannette Wade Dunn Keough, of Portland, Maine. He served in the 97 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 2, 1942, when his Lancaster aircraft # R 557, which was carrying bombs, was shot down at Suderwick, Germany, during a night bombing operation over enemy territory. Pilot Officer Keough is now buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany and has a cenotaph in the Calvary Cemetery in Maine.