Paul Edwin Williams

Military
A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5898) nicknamed "Little Lass". The airmen (left to right) are: Standing- Paul Williams (Pilot), Israel Rogg (Co-Pilot) and Edwin Garver (Navigator). Kneeling- Ralph Cornwall (Waist Gunner), Alfred Gardin (Radio Operator), Ray Harwood (Top Turret Gunner), Roland Conners (Tail Gunner), Maynard Rollins (Waist Gunner) and Harold Moore (Ball Turret Gunner). media-380305.jpg FRE 1500 A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5898) nicknamed "Little Lass". The airmen (left to right) are: Standing- Paul Williams (Pilot), Israel Rogg (Co-Pilot) and Edwin Garver (Navigator). Kneeling- Ralph Cornwall (Waist Gunner), Alfred Gardin (Radio Operator), Ray Harwood (Top Turret Gunner), Roland Conners (Tail Gunner), Maynard Rollins (Waist Gunner) and Harold Moore (Ball Turret Gunner). Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1500 - A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5898) nicknamed "Little Lass". The airmen (left to right)...

Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5898 'Little Lass'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Earl Cranston Garey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683907
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-30212

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Quarterback
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed ""Li'l" One" of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388.' Printed caption on reverse: 'B-61555 AC - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Li'L One" at an airbase in England, 19 September 1943. 562nd Bomb Sqdn., 388th Bomb Gp. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

42-30213

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lil One
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Little Lass" of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: 'A-61554 AC - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Little Lass" at an airbase in England, 19 September 1943. 562nd Bomb Sqdn., 388th Bomb Gp. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

42-5898

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Lass
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Akron, Ohio 24 December 1922

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 October 1943 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Revisions

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorbombercommand
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Missing Air Crew Report #3117

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3117 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5898) nicknamed "Little Lass". The airmen (left to right) are: Standing- Paul Williams (Pilot), Israel Rogg (Co-Pilot) and Edwin Garver (Navigator). Kneeling- Ralph Cornwall (Waist Gunner), Alfred Gardin (Radio Operator), Ray Harwood (Top Turret Gunner), Roland Conners (Tail Gunner), Maynard Rollins (Waist Gunner) and Harold Moore (Ball Turret Gunner).

Object number: FRE 1500 - A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group with their B...