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Andrew Edward McKeever
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Born: |
21 August 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
Listowel, Ontario |
| Deceased: |
25 December 1919 |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
11 |
| Victories: |
31 |
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| When the war began, McKeever joined
the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and quickly
proved to be an expert marksman in the trenches
of France. Towards the end of 1916, he transferred
to the Royal Flying Corps and was assigned to
11 Squadron in May 1917. At that time, the squadron
was replacing its outdated B.E.2s. Scoring all
of his victories with the Bristol Fighter, McKeever
was the highest scoring ace to fly this aircraft
during World War I. He was also the highest scoring
ace to serve with 11 Squadron. His last aerial
combat of the war occurred just before noon on
30 November 1917. On that day, he and his observer,
L.F. Powell, engaged two enemy two-seaters protected
by a flight of seven Albatros D.Vs. During the
battle that followed, McKeever and Powell shot
down four of the scouts. After the war, McKeever
returned to Canada, then took a job in 1919 as
the manager of an airfield in the United States.
He died from injuries sustained in an automobile
accident on 3 September 1919. |
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