Willard Milton Fager

Military
media-15885.jpeg UPL 15885 Willard M "Bill" Fager - 391st Squadron, 34th Bomb Group

Ann Fager Driggs, Bill Fager's daughter

Object Number - UPL 15885 - Willard M "Bill" Fager - 391st Squadron, 34th Bomb Group

Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew chief, 70+ missions, no aborts, earned him the Bronze Star. ETD





Awards: BS, GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group Headquarters (34th Bomb Group)
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Group Navigator
Headshot, Herbert G. Alder
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-703918
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group Headquarters (34th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-023265
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator named "Tondelayo" of the 34th Bomb Group. Handwritten on reverse: '34th BG, 8th Air Force.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tondelayo
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sunshine Rose
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Nose art of a 34th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortess (serial number 44-8271) nicknamed "Butch".
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Butch
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lamar, NE 10 May 1917 Son of David Milton and Emma Kathryn [Schmitt] Fager.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 27 December 1941 Los Angeles California

Died

Idaho Falls, ID 30 December 2010

Based

Mendlesham Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Hillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, ID Hillcrest Cemetery Shelley, Bingham County, ID

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Ann Fager Driggs - daughter of Willard M or Bill Fager.

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I am the daughter of Willard M or Bill Fager. I'm child #5 out of six.

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1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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