Keep, Eric Macdonald
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Macdonald |
Surname | Keep |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy G. Keep and Mary Keep, of Fixby, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LL252 |
Markings | NF-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Nantes (Pont-du-Cens) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot L. Row B. Grave 23. |
Epitaph | EVER REMEMBERED. IN ALL THE GLORY OF HIS YOUTH HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 192 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1456997 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford |
Location | "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe |
Location | St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH |
Memorial Text | Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force |
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-03-1944 |
End Date | 01-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (55% moon) |
Operation | Special Intelligence Service/ Special Operations Service- Operation Orange/Peter 5, for France |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crash-landed at Vallee de Cousse, NE of Tours, France |