Pat McCamy Williams

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First Lieutenant Pat M Williams, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group climbs into the cockpit of his P-47. Caption on image: "1st Lt. Pat M. Williams. 63rd Fighter Squadron USAF[USAAF]. Crash P-47-2D, 31 Mei 1943, 300m. Z-O hoeve Persijn/Moors." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'N.L.V.' media-401458.jpg FRE 2712 First Lieutenant Pat M Williams, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group climbs into the cockpit of his P-47. Caption on image: "1st Lt. Pat M. Williams. 63rd Fighter Squadron USAF[USAAF]. Crash P-47-2D, 31 Mei 1943, 300m. Z-O hoeve Persijn/Moors." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'N.L.V.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 2712 - First Lieutenant Pat M Williams, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group climbs into the cockpit of his P-47. Caption on image: "1st Lt. Pat...

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-47 42-7946 on fighter sweep in Dunkirk area. His aircraft was seen to make a half roll at 30,000ft and enter a steep dive. Repeated calls from other pilots received no response and it is possible oxygen failure was the reason for his loss. Crashed at Moorsele, Belgium. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: AM, PH.

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Born

Polk County, TN 4 January 1921 Son of Casimir Pulaski 'C.P.' and Annie George [McCamy] Williams.

Died

31 May 1943

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot B, Row 17, Grave 31

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Boxted 31 May 1943 Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Old Ocoee Cemetery Benton, Polk County, TN Memorialised Old Ocoee Cemetery Benton, Polk County, Tennessee

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Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 138 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Pat McCamy Williams: Gallery (4 items)

Burial of Lieutenant Patrick M. Williams, pilot of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, in Belgium, 2 June 1943.

Object number: FRE 213 - Burial of Lieutenant Patrick M. Williams, pilot of...

First Lieutenant Pat M Williams, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group climbs into the cockpit of his P-47. Caption on image: "1st Lt. Pat M. Williams. 63rd Fighter Squadron USAF[USAAF]. Crash P-47-2D, 31 Mei 1943, 300m. Z-O hoeve Persijn/Moors." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'N.L.V.'

Object number: FRE 2712 - First Lieutenant Pat M Williams, of the 63rd...

The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-I, serial number 42-7946) of the 56th Fighter Group, flown by Lieutenant Pat Williams, after crash landing near Moorsele, Holland, 31 May 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Americaans Jackskelietung. P-47 Thunderbolt, -31-5-1943-Moorsele. Lt. Pat Williams, 56 Ft. Gr., 63 Ft. Sq. N.L.V.'

Object number: FRE 2720 - The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-I, serial...

The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-I, serial number 42-7946) of the 56th Fighter Group, flown by Lieutenant Pat Williams, after crash landing near Moorsele, Holland, 31 May 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Americaans Jackskelietung. x5410. N.L.V. P-47-D2, 31-5-1943. 56FG/63FD. 42-7946, UN-I, Lt. Pat Williams.'

Object number: FRE 2721 - The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (UN-I, serial...