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Keith Joseph Harview
AF11192524
Corporal
93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, US Air Force
December 4, 1926
Truro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia
Michigan, US
5 feet, 6 inches
Medium
Hazel
Brown
March 29, 1951
24
National Korean War Veterans Memorial
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Keith Joseph Harview was the son of Joseph Harview and Maude Helen (Biswanger) Harview of Truro,
Nova Scotia.
In 1948 Keith Harview travelled to the United States to visit his brother, Frank Harview in Detroit,
Michigan with the intent of seeking permanent residence. He was a radio operator by trade and had
been living in Windsor, Ontario.
On March 29, 1951, Corporal Harview was a crew member on B-29 Superfortress (tail number 45-
21749) with twelve crew members that departed Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on a bombing
mission against bridges in Hamhung, North Korea. The B-29 was one of seventeen aircraft, and less
than two hours into the mission, its pilot contacted Kadena and reported that the flight was
approximately 250 miles northwest of Okinawa and that two of his aircraft's engines were failing. When
the aircraft descended to 2,000 feet, its pilot reported that the crew would jettison the bombs to
lighten the load and then attempt to return to base. This was the last transmission received from the
aircraft.
An extensive search was conducted for the missing aircraft and its crew but found no trace of them.
Studies have since indicated that the “Tarzon”guided bomb, which the aircraft was carrying at the time
of its loss, at times automatically detonated when it was jettisoned from a low altitude. If this had
occurred in the instance with this B-29, the aircraft likely would have been destroyed.
Lost at sea, his name is listed on the National Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of
Columbia, US.
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