Walter Keeble

Walter; INTELLIGENCE;  321st Bomb Group, 445th BS, MTO WWII

Keeble, Walter B., 2Lt, intelligence (0-917585) (St Louis, MO)(in WWII mem)(no Walter B in NARA)

Hew was an intelligence officer in the 445thBS – transferred to HQ 47th Wing 27 May 43).

27 May 43 - 445th BS War Diary: Lt. Keeble, the assistant to Lt. Nickerson our Intelligence Officer was transferred to the 47th Wing as a Photo Interpreter. Lt. Keeble had been with us since last December.

Keeble, Walter B., 2Lt, intelligence Nickerson, James E. "Nick", 1Lt, intelligence

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Capt Walter B Keeble   Birth: Dec. 30, 1908    Death: Jul. 9, 1944
Family links:   Spouse: Constance Fowler Keeble (1910 - 1992)*
Burial: Monticello Memorial Park   Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA 
 
Walter B. Keeble  BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Forces  HOMETOWN: St. Louis, MO
HONORED BY: Burton C. Keeble, Son

ACTIVITY DURING WWII
BRONZE STAR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AND SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE ENEMY. THROUGH SKILLFUL INTERPRETATION OF TACTICAL BOMB STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE PERIOD 5/27/43 TO 7/8/44, ENABLED HIS ORGANIZATION TO PLAN FURTHER EFFECTIVE ATTACKS ON VITAL AND STRATEGIC ENEMY INSTALLATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963   Name: Walter B Keeble  Birth Date: 30 Dec 1908
Death Date: 9 Jul 1944   Cemetery: Monticello Memorial   Cemetery Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
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Maine Marriages, 1892-1996   Groom's Name: Keeble Walter B     Groom's Residence: St Louis, MO  Bride's Name: Fowler Constance  Bride's Residence: Biddeford, ME  Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1936
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Newspaper: Washington Post  Event: Obituary   Publication: 23 Jul 1944    Location: Washington, District of Columbia

Barbi Ennis Connolly, 321st BG Historian PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com  Facts and articles researched by the 321st BG History Team;  John T Fitzgerald, Patti Johnson and Barbi Connolly.

Walter's story and pictures will be coming from his proud son Burton "Burt" C Keeble;

January 5, 2006   

I am the son of AAF Capt. Walter Burton Keeble. On December 24, 1942 Lt. Keeble was assigned as an assistant S-2 officer in Photo Interpretation for the 445 Bomb Squadron of the 321st Bomb Group. On May 26, 1943, Lt. Keeble was assigned to A-2 Photo Interpretation for the 47th Wing of the 15th Air Force. He was promoted to Captain in December, 1943. Captain Keeble was killed early in the morning of July 9, 1944, while enroute to retrieve fresh film from a bombing raid. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who can help me get information about my father. Burton Keeble (mairez@yahoo.com)
http://www.450thbg.com/real/guestbook/08.html   

    Burton Keeble

Read about the 47th Wing of the 15th Air Force where Lt Keeble was promoted to as Captain and an S-4 Intelligence Officer/ Combat Mission Photo Interpretation.

http://15thaf.org/47th_BW/

This is most-likely the Group that Capt. Keeble was stationed with;

http://www.norfield-publishing.com/449th/449site.html