William Cloud
MilitaryAssigned May 1944
DFC/Air Medal w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #4229746. Prisoner of War (POW). Earlier 8 June 1943 B-17 #42276 was returning to BW1 to collect codes and allied papers left at the control office, when a/c suffered damage on landing. Crew is listed with the Reed Prov. Bomb Group.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Peoria, Illinois | 8 October 1920 | |
Born |
Westfield, Indiana |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1355Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 145, 208-9; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 271 / wife; Snetterton Falcons, pg 151