Andrew Edward 'Hank' McKeever DSO, MC and bar, CDGF Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Status: Survived 1919-12-25

McKeever, Andrew Edward 'Hank' DSO (Lieutenant Colonel)

Survived 1919-December-25

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Birth Date: unkown date (age 25)

Born: Listowel, Ontario

William McKeever & Anna Bella Campbell

unmarried

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1914-11-20

Decorations: DSO, MC and bar, CDGF

Service
RAF

Unit
1 (FB) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
France

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
pilot

Service Numbers

McKeever joined the Queen's Own Rifles, CEF in 1914. He served in the trenches of France for two years before his move to the RFC with his elevation to the rank of to 2nd Lieutenant on 1916-12-05. He joined 11 Squadron on 1917-05-28, flying Bristol Fighters.He became the most successful Brisfit pilot/gunner pair of the war with 31 confirmed victories. With the end of the war he took command of Canadian Air Force No. 1 Fighter Squadron. In 1919 he took a job at Mineola Field, Long Island, as Aerodrome Manager., but was injured in a motor accident on September 3. He lingered for some time but finally succumbed to his injuries on Christmas Day, 1919,

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Home

Toronto, Ontario

Burial
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Fairview Cemetery

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

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Andrew Mynarski, VC

McKeever, Andrew Edward 'Hank' DSO (Lieutenant Colonel)

Survived 1919-December-25

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