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Re: 20th FG USAAF and Captain Joe McKeon

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Originally Posted by keith A View Post
Can anyone confirm when he joined this unit? SAB gives 07.07.1944 as the date but I have also seen it as June 1944.

Also can you tell me what position he held? He was an experienced pilot in the Pacific but does not appear to have been a squadron commander, perhaps another HQ role?

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July 1944 to the 20FG, 55FS, then 77th FS in Sept. POW Oct 7, 1944 - MAC with Brown near Stettin. Apparently a Flight Leader.

He had 1-0-1 in the air to raise his VC to 6 air, 2 ground.
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