Willard M Holden

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 43-38012 while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed at Witzenhausen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

324th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38012

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Grove Hill, Alabama, USA
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Witzenhausen, Germany	16 August 1944	Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighters as crashed at Witzenhausen, Germany.
Buried	Neupré, Belgium		Originally buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Ermsschwerd, Germany. After the war his remains were recovered anf re-iterred at the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 44, Grave 1.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Grove Hill, Alabama, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Witzenhausen, Germany

16 August 1944

Killed when aircraft was shot down by German fighters as crashed at Witzenhausen, Germany.

Buried

Neupré, Belgium

Originally buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Ermsschwerd, Germany. After the war his remains were recovered anf re-iterred at the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 44, Grave 1.

Revisions

Date17 Dec 2014 23:07:15

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 17-Dec-2014. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 8180, Added Burial event and Decoration per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & john A Hey MBE.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:28

ContributorAAM