Wiley B Williams

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media-20741.jpeg UPL 20741 2nd Lt. Wiley B. Williams, Navigator, "I'll Be Around" 338BS, 96thBG, Snetterton Heath

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Object Number - UPL 20741 - 2nd Lt. Wiley B. Williams, Navigator, "I'll Be Around" 338BS, 96thBG, Snetterton Heath

POW Crashed near Laubental in B-17 I'll Be Around on 9/10/44 Plane #4337603 Wiley's aircraft, I'll Be Around, was damaged by flak on it's 25th mission on Sept 10, 1944. The condition of the aircraft was such that the crew apparently was unable to maintain altitude. The crew bailed out and was captured near Laubenthal, Germany. Wiley and some of his crew members were transported to Barth, Germany; Stalag Luft 1.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37603

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: I'll Be Around
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Japton, Arkansas 1 May 1921

Died

31 December 1996

Buried

Clifton, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 September 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Trent Williams, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8809 / MACR 8809; son; Snetterton Falcons, pg 151, 193 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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