Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Son of Joseph Michael and Amy Keegan
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
139 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Si Placet Necamus We destroy at will
Base
Plivot France
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
580581
#139 Jamaica Squadron (Si Placet Necamus) Plivot, France, Blenheim IV aircraft P 4826 XD-M , failed to return from an operation to strafe German troop columns during the Battle of France, possibly shot down by German fighter pilot Walter Adolph of 2/JG 1
Sergeant JB Keegan (RAF) was killed in action
The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia
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