World War II Honoree

Keith D. Hereford

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fort Scott, Kansas

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 37726165. TAIL GUNNER WITH THE 305TH BOMB GROUP, 365TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS AIRCRAFT, THE B-17G, SERIAL NUMBER 43-37955, EXPLODED OVER DIEPENVEEN, NETHERLANDS, AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY. 2 CREW MEMBERS WERE PICKED UP AND HIDDEN BY THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND UNTIL THEIR LIBERATION BY CANADIAN TROOPS IN SPRING 1945. THE 7 OTHERS, INCLUDING HONOREE, WERE TAKEN PRISONER.