William L Bottoms

Military

Flew 28 missions



Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Clusters

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Funke Grove, Illinois 27 March 1925

Died

30 December 2008

Buried

Funks Grove, Illinois

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history/daughter