William Richard Baxendale
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 65026 - 2nd Lt William R. Baxendale
Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters and crashed W of Landau, GR on a mission to Augsberg on 25-Feb-44 in B-17 42-97457. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: 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: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St. Louis City, Missouri | 28 October 1921 | BornSt. Louis City, Missouri |
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Enlisted |
St Louis, Missouri | 12 June 1942 | EnlistedSt Louis, Missouri |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Landau, Germany | 25 February 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Landau, Germany |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France | 1 January 1946 | InterredLorraine American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Sources
1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 2918, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
