William Arthur Sawyer
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 8-Jun-44 in B-24 42-109830 'Daisy Mae Skraggs. ' Baled out into sea off Les Isles Chaucey, drowned. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5482
Awards: AM, PH
Connections
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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: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17032416 / O-685213
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Daisy Mae Skraggs
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Eufaula, OK 74432, USA | 23 May 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK | 9 December 1942 | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Died |
Off Les Isles Chausey | 8 June 1944 | Drowned in sea off Les Isles Chaucey. |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Bungay | 8 June 1944 | Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5482 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database