Paxton Keith Stanley

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Keith Stanley Paxton is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B-24 Liberator (42-52759) Crash Memorial -493rd Bomber Group

Name:

Keith Stanley Paxton

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

39127836

Unit:

862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group

Date of Death:

0000-00-00

State:

California

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Of Sanger, California. Gunner of an American heavy bomber, a D-24 "Liberator" from the U.S. Army 8th Air Force that crashed on the lawn of the chateau in Chambord after bombing an airport southwest of Paris and being crippled by antiaircraft fire and German fighter planes. He survived the crash, captured and sent to Stag Luft 3, a prisoner of war camp.