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Flying was his dream. And Nazis shot him down
Keogh survived 25 missions before his B-24 was shot down, then spent weeks in captivity and later earned the Distinguished Service Cross.
- On his 43rd mission, B-24 pilot Barney Keogh was shot down over Austria while attacking the Moosbierbaum oil refinery and captured by farmers after bailing out near a grain field.
- Growing up in Sioux County, North Dakota, Keogh dreamed of becoming a 'wonderful and glorious pilot' like the 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen before joining the Army Air Force.
- Held at Stalag Luft III, about 90 miles from Berlin, Keogh survived on meager rations called 'goon food' while prisoners maintained contact with the Allied advance via a hidden radio.
- On April 28, 1945, artillery fire marked impending liberation when Gen. George S. Patton and the Third Army marched into the camp, ending Keogh's confinement.
- Keogh later reentered military service and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1963, receiving both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Prisoner of War medal for his valor.
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Flying was his dream. And Nazis shot him down
A North Dakotan's dream of being a pilot ended during World War II after he was shot down in Austria, and forced to become a prisoner of war.
·Cherokee County, United States
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