William Trevilian Turner Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 49633 - Capt William Trevilian Turner Jr, 381BG. Yearbook photo.
Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Navigator, Hendricks crew. Squadron Navigator. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30012. Mission No. 37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. The aircraft left formation with No.1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out No.'s 2 and 3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 887.
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-427643
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lynchburg, VA | 20 August 1919 | Son of William T Turner Sr. |
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Died |
North Sea | 9 October 1943 | |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
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Enlisted |
New Orleans, LA | Entered service from New Orleans, Louisiana | |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Updated the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56295096.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56295096/william-t-turner
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 161 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
