William F Whitt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 25812
JW Roundhill and his crew on 28 March 1944
Shared with the American Air Museum by JW Roundhill.
Killed in Action (KIA) Zudausques, France mission (rocket site) B-17 42-30237 'Stump Jumper' Captain Walter Smith's crew.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stump Jumper
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Virginia, USA | 17 October 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Richmond, VA, USA | 30 June 1942 | |
Died |
Zudausques, France | 19 June 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Zudausques, France mission (rocket site) B-17 'Stump Jumper'. |
Radford, Virginia | |||
Buried |
West View Cemetery, South Hill, VA 23970, USA | West View Cemetery Radford, Radford City Virginia, USA. |
Revisions
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Changes
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Sources
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 660; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 308 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia