William Louis Meyran
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt William Louis Meyran, 2Lt Larry Paul, 2Lt Warren l Davidson, 2Lt Fredrick J Kushera
Front L-R: S/Sgt Charles R Kennedy, S/Sgt Victor C Petrauskas, S/Sgt Melvin P Brown, T/Sgt William Scott Tull, S/Sgt Anthony N Perry
Object Number - UPL 36900 - "Meyran's crew of the 8th AF 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their at their base in England, 1 August 1944." Rear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt...
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15229
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12185250
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11120512 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32604549
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-759258
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886581
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot; Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
York, PA | 15 October 1920 | Son of Carl Paul Meyran and Georgia H [Hays] Nelson. Stepfather Carlyle Lamar Nelson. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 19 May 1942 | |
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Died |
Near Anstey Church | 15 October 1944 | Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. KIA MACR 15229 |
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Buried |
17 October 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| Los Angeles, California | |||
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 15 October 1944 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA | Re-Interred Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
398th Unit History, Combat Chronology Supplement; 398th History, Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia