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Service Number

Rank

Forenames

Name

Age

Unit

Date of Death

Place of Death

Circumstances

Cemetery

Reference

Details

O-2059811

1st Lieutenant

Preston W.

McKeon

 

361st Fighter Squadron

18th June 1945

Near Debach

Mid air collision with a B-17

Cambridge American Cemetery

Plot D. Row 7. Grave 22.

Killed during a test flight when he collided with a B-17. He crashed after losing his tail in the accident. A native of Texas he was awarded the Air Medal with 5 Oak leaf clusters.

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