William H Bancroft Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 4MRRU.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ascend Charlie
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Rugged Rebel V The Body's Bastard
- Unit: 2nd Scouting Force
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Body's Bastard
- Unit: 2nd Scouting Force
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 12 January 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Patterson Blvd, Fairfield, OH 45014, USA | 6 May 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. |
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 September 1944 - 8 January 1945 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK | 29 December 1944 - 10 February 1945 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 10 February 1945 - 21 September 1945 | Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 1 April 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK | 21 September 1945 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
Nuneaton, UK | 23 September 1945 | Transferred to 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron. |
Died |
Youngstown, OH, USA | 8 June 1995 | |
Dayton, OH, USA | |||
Other Detached service |
29 December 1944 | On Detached service (DS) with Ferry Command. |
Revisions
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
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