William R Thorpe
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed E of Qukenbruck, GR on a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-30278 'Sly Fox'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sly Fox
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 385th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 550th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
Born |
Centerdale, Rhode Island, USA | ||
Buried |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3016 / MACR 3016, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database