WHITMAN William S - 455 BS 323 BGM

 

William S. WHITMAN "Bill"

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-687789
AGE  yo
DATE OF BIRTH 
ETATNEW YORK
FAMILY 
RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON455th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP 323rd Bomber Group, Medium
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH9 September 1944ii
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLessay
DATA PLAN

B-26 Marauder - type B-25-MA - s/n 41-31870 YU*D 

blosville

Mission : Bombardement

Takeoff terrain ALG  A-20 Lessay (50)

On taxiing, the B-26 skids on the icy runway and collides with UC-64 43-35410 in the parking lot - Plane destroyed - 8:10 am

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
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DECORATION

Air Medal & Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 

 

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STORY
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Crew left to right:
Top Row – William S. "Bill" Whitman (Pilot), Chuck Leonard (Bombardier/Navigator), Wallace Pharr (Tail Gunner)

Bottom Row – Herb Moore (Engineer), Hank Moen (CoPilot), Jim Hoover (Radio Operator/Waist Gunner)

Terrain ALG  A-20  Lessay (50)ii

 

Equipage du B-26 Marauder - type B-25-MA - s/n 41-31870 YU*D 

 

2nd Lieutenant William S "Bill" WHITMAN Pilote Décédé Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-687789 - AM+olc/PH - NEW YORK - Décède de ses blessures 1h1/2 après.
2nd Lieutenant Hanfred J "Hank" MOEN CoPilote Récupéré   O-778899 - Blessures mineures
T/Sergeant Charles E LEONARD Bombardier Récupéré   15049086 - Indemne
Sergeant Herbert J MOORE Mecanicien/Mitrailleur Récupéré   36811528 - Indemne
S/Sergeant James W HOOVER Mitrailleur Récupéré   13067261 - Indemne
Sergeant Wallace P PHARR Mitrailleur Récupéré   38038064 - Indemne
blosville
SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFindagrave.com loren BENDER - Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net  - B26.com
PROGRAMMERHenri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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