William Joseph Condon
MilitaryWilliam Condon was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on board of B-17 ≠42-29744, lost 15 May 1943, crashed in the North Sea near Cuxhaven, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38193951
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667415
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13058382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34268205
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | 2 April 1921 | |
Enlisted |
12 January 1942 | Chicago, Illinois | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
15 May 1943 | Captured 15 May 1943 in Altenwalde, near Cuxhaven, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : "Interned at Stalag XVIIB, Barracks 30A, Braunau, near Krems, Austria. | |
Other Discharged |
7 October 1945 | ||
Died |
15 July 1992 | Fremont, California | |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
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ContributorED-BB
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Sources
MACR 15512
NARA WWII Enlistment record
NARA WWII POW record
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, NARA POW database / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database