Personnel Index - Detail
SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 4 FEBRUARY, 1944
Distinguished Flying Medal.
1575572 Sergeant Arthur Edward KEELING, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 49 Squadron.
This airman has completed numerous sorties, including 8 attacks on Berlin. In this phase of operations against targets in the capital "of the Reich, Sergeant Keeling has displayed great keenness and determination and has set an example worthy of the highest praise. He is a most efficient captain and pilot.
Flew 13 operations...........including 8 to Berlin.
F/L Keeling became a PoW on the 12th August 1944 during a raid on Brunswick and was held at Stalag Luft 3.
Extract is from Bill Chorley's Bomber Command Losses
An extract from F/L Keeling's logbook (open at an 83Sqn page) together with his medals.