William Kay Cutting
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 21305 - William Cutting - Des Moines, 381st BG, KIA
ETTG, Schrader Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. Killed in Action (KIA). T/Sgt Cutting is surmised as to have bailed out and possibly drowned. His body washed ashore on 18 July 1943. He was interred 19 July in the Wangerooge local cemetery. Reinterred in the Ardennes AMC.
Des Moines, IA
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14124291
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412961 (16026208)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32286796
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16126272
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16040203
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 14 November 1914 | |
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Other Killed in Action |
Bensersiel, Germany | 25 June 1943 | |
|
Buried |
Wangerooge Island, Germany | 19 July 1943 | Wangerooge graveside #189 Grave 13 |
|
Based |
Ridgewell | 25 June 1943 | |
|
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot B Row 33 Grave 21 |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant We Fly - Ken Stone
Correction to birthplace from "Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor.
Burial detail from http://www.findagrave.com
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 162 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 162 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
