William B. HARPER

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-799393 (14076886)
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1916 Jacksonville Beach
ETATDuval County, FLORIDA
FAMILYSingle
RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONCo Pilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 31 March 1942 Jacksonville FLORIDA
 SQUADRON358th Fighter Squadron
 GROUP303rd Fighter Group
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH20 October 1943

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHValenciennes
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-27-BO - s/n 41-24629 VK*G

blosville

Takeoff station 107 Molesworth, Cambridgeshire UK - Bodies originally buried in Valenciennes (59)

Shot down by hunters and flak at 2:05 p.m. - Plane evacuated - The aircraft fell in several pieces over the city (Place Canada / Parc de la Rhonelle)
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Valenciennes

 

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

PlotRowGrave
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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B2233
DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

dsc

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf  8air force  303bg 358bs
STORY

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Equipage du  B-17 Fortress - type F-27-BO - s/n 41-24629 VK*G

 

1st Lieutenant John W Jr HENDRY Pilot Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria  O-793335 - FLORIDA
2nd Lieutenant William B . HARPER CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-799393 - DFC AM+2/PH - FLORIDA - Unopened parachute
2nd Lieutenant Bernard T McNAMARA Navigator Prisoner - Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia  O-736016 - MASSACHUSETTS
2nd Lieutenant Richard E WEBSTER Bomber Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria  O-735006 - PENNSYLVANIA
T/Sergeant Loran C BIDDLE Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria  36021848 - ILLINOIS
S/Sergeant John Jarratt I DOHERTY Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  17049543 - 26 yo  MINNESOTA
T/Sergeant James J BROWN Radio/Gunner Dead Oak Grove Vem. Saint-Marys, GEORGIA 34380715 - 28 yo - Killed during attack on Me109
S/Sergeant Alfred J HARDGRAVE Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria  38009473
S/Sergeant Wilmer G RAESLY Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  33086717 - PENNSYLVANIA
Sergeant Delbert E GUHR Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  16049275 - WISCONSIN
blosville

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