Bill C Smigielski

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Sensweiler on 12 Dec 44 in B-17 'Willie III' #4337567

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37567

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Willie III
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Missions

748

  • Date: 12 December 1944

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Prisoner of War (POW)

12 December 1944

Born

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C.Hancock

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I am Bill's Stepson

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http://www.457thbombgroup.org/ - Crew Loading List, 12/12/1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11334 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database