William C Murphy
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down in B-17 44-6512 on 16 November 1944. He bailed out and was Killed in Action. Missing Air Crew Report #10448.
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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: 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12138829
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-697175
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot, co-pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
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Other Assigned |
17 July 1944 | Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, Dale Morris McKinney Crew. 21 combat missions. | |
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Other Killed in Action |
Belgium | 16 November 1944 | Final Resting Place or Memorial: Margraten (Permanent Cemetery), Margraten, Holland. Grave number: N 22 8 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…