William Walter Fannon
MilitaryBombardier
Ken Bickford Crew
452nd BG - 729th BS
photo taken from his 1948 University of Connecticut yearbook.
Seventeen missions. September 1944 - Shot down by flak over Mergeberg. Bailed out over our lines. Picked up by U. S. forces, 9 November 1944 - shot down by flak over Saarbrucken. Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III.
In B-17G #43-37829. T/O Deopham on 28 Sept44, target Merseburg, GE; hit by flak in the T/A losing engines No. 1 and 2. At the German-Luxembourg border, lost engine no. 3. Crew of nine bailed out and were all RTD
Air Medal
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Uninvited II
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New Bedford, CT | 20 August 1924 | |
Other Participated in "Frantic" Mission |
Poltava, Ukraine | 11 September 1944 | |
Other POW |
Zagan, Poland | 20 November 1944 | Stalag Luft III |
Died |
San Diego, CA | 26 October 1999 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Korscheid, Germany | 9 November 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10347 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self