William K Doherty Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat.   There are silver wings and ribbons on the upper left-side of the jacket lapel, a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat, and an oak leaf on the shoulder lapel.  Only the head and upper torso of man are visible.  The man is looking directly at the camera and is not smiling UPL 60541 UPL 60541 William K. Doherty, 750th BS, 457th BG

Object Number - UPL 60541 - William K. Doherty, 750th BS, 457th BG

Killed in Action (KIA) 6 February 1945



DSC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 February 1945

Buried

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Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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