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The 34th Bombardment Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in April 1944 and entered combat in May 1944. The Group helped with the preparation for the Normandy invasion by bombing airfields and coastal defenses in France, and continued to support ground forces as they moved eastwards.
NASM.2017.0040
McKeon, Patrick
bulk 1944-1945
Karen McKeon, Gift, 2017
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the target bomb run diary (three typewritten pages) of Patrick McKeon, a bombardier for the 8th Air Force, 34th Bombardment Group from May 24, 1944 to January 2, 1945. The collection also contains one 8 by 10 inch black and white photograph of the 34th Bombardment group's Belchin' Bessie Consolidated B-24 Liberator with five of its crew posed by the nose art, including McKeon on far right.
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34th Bombardment Group Diary and Photograph [McKeon], Accession 2017-0040, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Aeronautics
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
34th Bombardment Group
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Diaries
Photographic prints