William H Goetz

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49638.jpeg UPL 49638 Roommates Bill Goetz, Don Stockton and Ehle Reber

http://www.303rdbg.com/news/2012-02-19.html (The Molesworth Pilot; 303rd Bomb Group Newsletter)

Object Number - UPL 49638 - Roommates Bill Goetz, Don Stockton and Ehle Reber

1-May-1942 Assigned as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 24-Oct-42 arrived with crew and B-17F 41-24517 at Molesworth, UK.



Killed in Action of 3-Jan-1943 aboard B-17F 41-24517 "Kali" 303BG/427BS while serving as Pilot. Aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the Atlantic near the target.



Participated in 5 Operations (3 were Aborted). See Biography events.

Connections

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Kali
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Assigned to Aircraft

Boise, ID, USA 1 May 1942 Assigned with crew as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho

Other

Arrived in UK

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 24 October 1942 Arrived at Molesworth, UK with crew and as Pilot o f B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS.

Other

Mission #1, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted

Lorient, France 22 November 1942 Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS

Lille, France 6 December 1942 Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #3, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted

Rouen, France 12 December 1942 Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #4, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted

Romilly-sur-Seine, France 20 December 1942 Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks and crashed into the Atlantic.

Other

Mission #5, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - KIA

Saint-Nazaire, France 3 January 1943 Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the Atlantic, and he was Killed in Action KIA>

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2016. Corrected initial assigment to location and Assigned to Aircraft location per 303BG records, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/

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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf

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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303NG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Assignedd to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added original aircraft assignment, arrival in UK and mission participation statement to Summary Biography; made connections to all mission participations per my reseach of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Restored information from MACR 6141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; added KIA event and SN per MACR 6141; crafted biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Flagged as DUPLICATE due to original ingest of data from multiple sources. COMBINED into a single entry as William H. Goetz.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 6141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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