William Walter Fannon

Military
media-43039.jpeg UPL 43039 William W. Fannon
Bombardier
Ken Bickford Crew
452nd BG - 729th BS
photo taken from his 1948 University of Connecticut yearbook.

Object Number - UPL 43039 - William W. Fannon Bombardier 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

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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

Missions

  • Date: 9 November 1944
  • Date: 28 September 1944
  • Date: 11 September 1944

Places

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

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Sources

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

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