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Pilot 1st Lt. Keith A. McKee, O-663067 (MIA / KIA) SD Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Roland B. Nelson, O-734258 (MIA / KIA) IL Navigator 2nd Lt. George W Kylius, Jr., O-738988 (MIA / KIA) OH Radio Operator Pvt. Joseph Gulli, 19082601 (MIA / KIA) CA Gunner SSgt Dwight W. Carpenter, 31086424 (MIA / KIA) CT MIA September 27, 1943 MACR 730 Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Constructors Number 87-8801. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25D-20 Mitchell serial number 41-30636. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to Australia arriving in early April 1942. Wartime History Assigned to the 5th Air Force (5th AF), 3rd Bombardment Group (3rd BG), 90th Bombardment Squadron (90th). No known nickname or nose art. When lost, engines: R-2600-13 serial numbers a) 42-77490 and b) 42-77566. Aboard were .50 caliber M2 machine guns serial numbers not noted in Missing Air Crew Report 730 (MACR 730). Mission History On September 27, 1943 took off from Dobodura Airfield piloted by 1st Lt. Keith A. McKee on a shipping strike over Wewak. Over the target area, last contacted by radio by Captain Donald J. MacLellan. Last seen over Wewak Harbor with both engines burning and the landing gear partly extended and loosing altitude and headed out to sea. Last seen by 1st Lt. Charles W. Howe and John C. Boggs, who observed this B-25 to crash into the sea. When this B-25 failed to return, it was officially listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Also lost was B-25D 41-30434 (MIA). Memorial The entire crew was officially declared dead on January 14, 1946. All are memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. McKee earned the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Air Medal, Purple Heart, posthumously. He also has a memorial marker at Graceland Cemetery in Mitchell, SD. Nelson earned the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, posthumously. Kylius earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart, posthumously. Gulli earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart, posthumously. He also has a memorial marker at Arlington National Cemetery at section MH, site 180. Carpenter earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart, posthumously. Carpenter also has a memorial marker at Groton Village Cemetery in Groton, VT at section 3, row 11. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-25D-20 Mitchell 41-30636 "30636 (90th BS, 3rd BG) lost Sep 27, 1943, Papua New Guinea. MACR 730" Missing Air Crew Report 730 (MACR 730) This aircraft was coded by U.S. Army CILHI as "PNG #38" NARA World War II Prisoners of War Data File - does not list any of the crew as official POWs of the Japanese American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Keith A. McKee American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Roland B. Nelson American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - George W. Kylius Jr. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Joseph Gulli American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Dwight W. Carpenter FindAGrave - 1Lt Keith A McKee (photo, tablets of the missing) FindAGrave - Keith A McKee (photo, memorial marker) FindAGrave - 2Lt Roland B Nelson (tablets of the missing) FindAGrave - 2Lt George W Kylius, Jr (tablets of the missing) FindAGrave - Joseph Gulli (Arlington memorial marker) FindAGrave - Pvt Joseph Gulli (tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Sgt Dwight W. Carpenter (memorial marker) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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 B-25  MIA 5 Missing  Lat 3.33 Long 143.38 |
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