Willis B Core

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21294.jpeg UPL 21294 Willis Core - Indianola, 389th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21294 - Willis Core - Indianola, 389th BG, KIA

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Uklei on 6/21/44 in B-24 42-95145 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-95145

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

Germany 21 June 1944

Born

Indianola, Iowa

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6528 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History  MACR 6528

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Object number: UPL 21294 - Willis Core - Indianola, 389th BG, KIA