William H Breed
Military ROLL OF HONOUR15-Jul-42 Assigned as Pilot of B-17F #42-2967 [PU-G] "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 24-Oct-42 Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Pilot of "Shak Hak".
Shot down 16-February-1943 in B-17F #42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS while serving as Pilot. Aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed into the English Channel on return from a mission to St. Nazaire, France. Killed in Action (KIA). Posthumously promoted to Captain.
Participated in 6 Operations (NO aborts). See Biography events.
Connections
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Units served with
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 17 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 15 July 1942 | Assigend as Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 24 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Pilot aboard B-17F 42-2967, 303BG/360BS. |
Other Mission #1, 1LT William H. Breed, w/B-17 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, 1LT William H. Breed, w/B-17 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, 1LT William H. Breed, w/B-17 42-2967, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 42-2967 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, 1LT William H. Breed, w/B-17 41-24579, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 13 January 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24579 "Thumper", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the Lille Fives Locomotive Works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 1LT William H. Breed, w/B-17 41-24567, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24567 "Beats Me", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #6, 1LT William H. Breed, w/B-17 41-24579, 303BG/360BS - KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 16 February 1943 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 42-2976 "Shak Hak", 303BG/360BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down and crashed into the English Channel and he was Killed in Action (KIA). |
Born |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts | ||
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 16 February 1943 | Killed when aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the English Channel. His remains have never been recovered. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cuningham 24-Feb-2016. Completed Mission participations statement in Summary Biography.
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 16-Feb-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/016.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 13-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/010.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 13-Feb-2016. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Feb-2016. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Feb-2016. Added initial assignment and arrival info to Summary Biography; made connections to Aircraft (through 23-Jan-43) and Mission (through 23-Jan-43) per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Breed crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-breed.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015 . Corrected SN added KIA event per MACR 15116; Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and minor edits to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15116 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database