William Patrick Duggan

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Tail gunner/Observer, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge AMC.

Butte, Montana

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12064208
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-731041
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-427643
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37005598
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17074778
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Butte, Montana 21 December 1920

Died

9 October 1943

Buried

Tablets of the Missing

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated the Born event and the middle name and Added a cemetery to the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56289352.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289352/william-patrick-duggan

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ContributorARowe95
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ARowe95

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ContributorAAM
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia