Bernard Alma Willey

Military

Sergeant Willey was one of eleven men killed when B-24H Liberator #41-29162 stalled and crashed, three miles north of Fountain,
Colorado, during a training flight from Lowry Field to March Field in California.
Only one aboard was able to parachute and survived.

The men killed in the crash were:

1st Lt. Mylard Bookmiller (pilot)
2nd Lt. William G Drum
2nd Lt. Lemuel M Schaad
2nd Lt. Joseph M Losonsky
2nd Lt. Ira L Clamp
Sgt. John Myrek
Sgt. Leroy G Quattrocelli
Sgt. Rutherford E Whiteside
Cpl. Charles C Clancey
Cpl. John Emery (passenger)
 

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

Events

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Died

28 September 1943

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83083707/bernard-alma-willey

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 25