William John Reagin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 1st combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39907604
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18131450
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clayton, Clayton County, Georgia, United States 1 July 1923 Son of Edwin E and Mary B Reagin.

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 3 September 1942 Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia

Died

Sehlem, Hildesheim, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574

Buried

Sehlem, Germany 9 May 1944 in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Snetterton Heath 8 May 1944 Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Jonesboro City Cemetery Jonesboro, Clayton County,GA Re-Interred Jonesboro City Cemetery Jonesboro, Clayton County, GA
Jonesboro, GA Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574 / MACR 4574; Snetterton Falcons pg 61 & 146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database