William S Curtis
MilitaryDecember 16, 1943 B-17 #42-29733 'Louisiana Purchase' Crash landed at RAF Coltishall on return from mission to Bremen. 10 RTD.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Louisiana Purchase
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
16 May 1923 | ||
Died |
11 October 1968 |
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NARA files verified ASN, DFC and AM w/3 oak leaf clusters. He earned at least one bronze star on the EAME Campaign Medal and more than likely the Good Conduct Medal, but without personnel records it is unknown . His birth and death dates are on his bronze marker on Find a Grave.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…