William B Plasket

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30163. He bailed out over France and was picked up by the French Underground. Plasket and several others were taken from Paris to the Spanish border and Plasket died in trying to walk through the Pyreenees Mountains to Spain.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30163

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

25 October 1943

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

6 September 1943

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 518 / MACR 518, First Over Germany pg. 155 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database