William W Rice

Military
media-44453.png UPL 44453 From an article by Maryse McKeon (née de la Marniere) on pages 15-17 in the Summer 2001 issue of the AFEES (Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society) at https://airforceescape.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/July-2001.pdf
At the top of the list, Nielsen and Adams are RAF airmen, all the others being from the USAAF.
Harold's last name is missspelled (Thomson instead of Thompson...)

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Object Number - UPL 44453 - From an article by Maryse McKeon (née de la Marniere) on pages 15-17 in the Summer 2001 issue of the AFEES (Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society) at...

Shot down on 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30010. Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he was among the 19 evaders (2 from the RAF, 11 from the USAAF and 6 from the Royal Navy) who boarded a Royal Navy Motor Gun Boat (MGB-318) from Brittany, France on 26 December 1943, arriving the following day in England.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18060237 at enlistment, then O-659631
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17037946
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12066397
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

1 September 1921 Missouri

Other

Evaded

France 6 September 1943 - 27 December 1943
Marchfield, Missouri

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Associated Media

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 739
Escape & Evasion Report 297

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 739 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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