William H Forbes Jr

Military

William Forbes Jr was Bombardier on pilot Charles L. Duncan's "Judy E" - 42-30050, shot down by fighters over Dieppe, France 10 July 1943. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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People

Oliver Matthew Chiesl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16058854 at enlistment, then O-731267
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Ernest De Los Santos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18063077
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Charles Lawson Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11033723 at enlistment, then O-791081
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Gene Francis Frank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37292132
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Assistant Radio Operator

Bernard I Hanover

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20345534
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Judy E
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 March 1916 Texas

Enlisted

17 January 1942 as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps, at McClelland Field, Sacramento, California

Other

Bailed out

10 July 1943 of B-17 42-30050 over NW France, south of Dieppe

Other

Prisoner of War

10 July 1943 Captured after landing in parachute in Normandy. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW database : "Interned at SL3 - Returned to Military Control 5 July 1945." Most probably force-marched from SL3 to Stalag VIIA Moosburg, liberated 29 April 1945 by US forces.

Died

9 October 1985 Texas

Buried

William Forbes Jr rests at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 268
NARA VETERANS' BIRLS files

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 268 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database