William J Von Liebig

Military
media-43522.jpeg UPL 43522 Pilot - William J. Liebig., Co-Pilot - Robert G. Slater., Nav - Edwin T. Metcalf Jr., Bomb - Oscar D. Friedgut., Engine - Arthur I. Horowitz., Radio Operator - Robert T. Jones., Gunner - Stanley H. Johnson., Gunner - Dean K. Bishop (Top Row, 4th from Left)

Operation Orders Lt. Colonel Ward

Object Number - UPL 43522 - Pilot - William J. Liebig., Co-Pilot - Robert G. Slater., Nav - Edwin T. Metcalf Jr., Bomb - Oscar D. Friedgut., Engine - Arthur I. Horowitz., Radio...

Served as Alternate Lead Pilot with the 8th AF in Europe. The operations office to whom he reported was Lt. Col. Jimmy Stewart.



DFC w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Presidential Citation

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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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

21 February 1999

Born

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Buried

Naples, Florida ?

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / newspaper obituary sent by Emroth P. Monroe

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