Willy H W Zeeck
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 30 December 1942 in B-17F #42-24449 'Short Snorter' while serving as Engineer/ Top Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Short Snorter
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by German aircraft and exploded. Debris fell into the sea near Lorient, France. His remains were never recovered. |
Born |
Somers, Montana | ||
Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 3265 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2014 Added SN, crew position and KIA event per MACR 3265; added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3265, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Heys Vol. 1 p 56