William N Hergenhan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
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Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Osnabruck in B-24 'Off Limits Again' #4294974
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Off Limit's Again
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Fresno, CA, USA | 8 December 1942 | |
Died |
Osnabrück, Germany | 12 October 1944 | "I saw the #6 ship in our squadron go down. One second they were flying along, and the next second they were one solid mass of flame from the leading edge of the wings on back to the tail. One wing broke off and they nosed into a spin. Then the tail broke off at the rear bomb bay bulkhead. I don't think anyone could have possibly got out, except maybe the navigator. It looked like flames might have been on the flight deck too. It's not so bad to get knocked down when you have a chance to bail out, but those boys didn't have a chance..." - Paul W. Perry, Pilot of Crew #472 leading the squadron behind the Bailey Crew |
Born |
New York, USA | ||
Buried |
Plot P Row 7 Grave 13 Netherlands American Cemetery |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9488 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database