William Ziegler
Military19 August 1942 suffered severe burns in crash landing at RAF Cottesmore. Listed as Killed in Action (KIA) in Combat Chronology and as returned in Losses of the 8th and 9th.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![Ground personnel of the 97th Bomb Group reservice a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-9023) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle", following the raid on Rouen. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 18 Aug 1942.' [stamp], 'Air=SER (Boeing).' [written annotation] and '216112.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. Associated Press Photo Shows: No sooner had one of the huge Fortresses landed after the raid than ground crew im](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379318.jpg.webp?itok=n7iztoxa)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Lysander
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
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Combat Chronology Supplement p. 205, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia