William Wade Witham
MilitaryAssigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 22 x combat mission. ETD.
Alarms: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME
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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: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20346022 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Squadron Assistant Operations
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Scheherazade
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sanford, VA | 9 July 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 18 September 1940 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Smithfield, NC | 11 July 2010 | |
Buried |
Brier Creek Memorial Gardens, Raleigh, Wake County, NC | 15 July 2010 | Brier Creek Memorial Gardens Raleigh, Wake County, NC |
Philadelphia, PA | |||
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000