William Lamo McLain Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 765BS, 461BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10677
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean Medals .
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35540229 / O-709511 / O-56544
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flying Finger
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Montgomery, AL | 31 August 1917 | Son of William L Sr and Annie Belle McClain. |
Enlisted |
Maxwell Field Montgomery, AL | 19 August 1942 | Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama |
Other Baled out POW |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-50953 'Flying Finger'; A/C downed by fighters. POW MACR 10677 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag luft I. |
Died |
Okinawa, Japan | 4 December 1951 | Died in the crash of B-29 44-27314 en route to Korea from Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan. |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL | Greenwood Cemetery Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL | |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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