 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
DELIRIOUS DOLORES |
B |
- |
24 |
J |
- |
150 |
- |
CO |
44-40200 |
8 |
491 |
853 |
T8 |
D | 00-6 |
N/A |
Starboard (Right) Side - Named after the Wife of Pilot James C. McKeown (Standing 3rd from Right)
Info Contributor -
C. Timothy McKeown
Shown with my Father, James C. McKeown (Pilot), shortly after arrival at
Metfield, June 1944. He was severely wounded on 14 June 1944 over St. Cyr.
DELIRIOUS DOLORES crashed
with a replacement crew after returning from Saarbruken on 13 July 1944. (P) Max
R. Shea, (CP) Charles A. Meadow, (N) Harold F. Simon, (TG) Percival M. Lewis,
(RG) Solon W. Elliot Jr. were KIA and the aircraft was destroyed.
Most of McKeown's crew continued to fly on Th' MOOSE (44-40205) piloted by
Warren C. Moore which, was shot down over Misburg on 26 November 1944. Borger,
Hawkins, Murray, Patten, and Williams were KIA. Houston, McGee, McIntyre, and
Rimissa spent the rest of the war as POWs.
| Standing (L-R) George McGee - Gunner Ross Houston - Navigator Robert McIntyre - Co-Pilot James C. McKeown - Pilot George Patton - Bombardier Francis Hawkins - Engineer |
Kneeling (L-R) Joseph Rimassa - Radio Operator Marshal Williams - Gunner Frederick Borger - Gunner John Murray - Gunner |
Info Contributor - Pete
Johnston
Crashed on the return to Metfield 13 Jul 44. Five were killed, including
Pilot - 2nd Lt. Max R. Shea.
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