William Donald King
MilitaryAssigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Apr-43 in B-17 #42-5070 'Invasion II'. Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted to safety. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15519
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.
Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean war, crashed in B-29A of 344th BS, 98th BW 4 miles north of Taegu, South Korea, Killed in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32183032
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-430613
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Invasion II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 April 1943
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pecos County, TX, USA | 18 January 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, TX, USA | 17 December 1941 | Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 17 April 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW).Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Shot down |
Oldenburg, Germany | 17 April 1943 | Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 42-5070 'Invasion II'. Plane was on fire when all crew parachuted to safety. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
16 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Enlisted |
Fort Worth, TX, USA | 9 September 1950 | Re-Enlisted. |
Died |
Daegu, South Korea | 30 August 1952 | Killed in action in the crash of B-29A from 98th BW 344th BS 4 miles north of Taegu, South Korea. |
Imperial, TX 79743, USA | |||
Based |
Bassingbourn | 17 April 1943 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii | Courts of the missing Honolulu Memorial Honolulu Honolulu County Hawaii, USA | |
Buried |
Monahans Memorial Cemetery, Monahans, Texas | Memorialised Monahans Memorial Cemetery Texas |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15519 / MACR 15519, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 105, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Havelaar pp. 37-38, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database