Willard Milton Fager
Military
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Willard M "Bill" Fager - 391st Squadron, 34th Bomb Group
Ann Fager Driggs, Bill Fager's daughter
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Butch
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
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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ContributorFager5
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I am the daughter of Willard M or Bill Fager. I'm child #5 out of six.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia