Henry R. De Keyrel                                                                                   Updated:  25 JUN 2015

Airman: e777391.htm Surname: De Keyrel Init: H R Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 561

P_link: p228.htm Plane: B17 4230421 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea                Photo 24 MAY 2015 by AS from

Crash_d: d021043 Buried_d: e777n C_link: e777n.htm At_Next: NO - NET                                 Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.

Den 2. oktober 1943 styrtede B17 42-30421 i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen fra et bombetogt til Emden (her). Hele besætningen omkom.

Staff Sergeant Henry R. De Keyrel var Ball Turret Gunner på B17 42-30421. (Kilde: AOD)
Han har ingen kendt grav. Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
Han kom i tjeneste fra Illinois. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

1 flyver fra B17 42-30421 blev begravet i Lemvig. 4 blev begravet i Belgien og 3 i USA. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

Se tegning af besætningen på en B-17, Foto af en B-17 + B-17 i airmen.dk samt B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition og Ball Turret Gunner. 

10 flyvere.

On 2 October 1943 B17 42-30421 crashed into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Emden (here). All of the crew perished.

Staff Sergeant Henry R. De Keyrel was the Ball Turret Gunner of B17 42-30421. (Source: AOD)
He has no known grave. His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery.
He entered the Service from Illinois. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

1 airman from B17 42-30421 was buried in Lemvig, Denmark. 4 were buried in BELGIUM and 3 in the USA. 2 airmen have no known grave.

See a drawing of the crew of a B-17, Photo of  a B-17 + B-17s in airmen.dk and B-17 Ball Turret, Ammunition and the story of a Ball Turret Gunner.

B17 42-330421 was from 561 BS, 388th Bomb Group, 45 CBW and 3 BD. 388th BG Assn. This B-17 took off from RAF Knettishall - USAAF Station 136.

10 airmen.