Wiliam Francis Coll

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-47231.jpeg UPL 47231 T/Sgt William F Coll, 66BS, 44BG

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Object Number - UPL 47231 - T/Sgt William F Coll, 66BS, 44BG

Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid, on 1 August 1943, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 'Scrappy II' 42-40375. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1646

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

44th Bomb Group

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

66th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Thomas E Scrivner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19067132 / O-728030
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-40375

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Scrappy II
Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Operation Tidal Wave

Date: 1 August 1943
Official Description:

Places

Shipdham

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Pathway

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	McAdoo, Pennsylvania	9 May 1917	Son of James Francis and Hannah Monica [Kelly] Coll.
Enlisted	Philadelphia, PA	13 January 1942	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died Killed in action	Ploiești, Romania	1 August 1943	Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid, on 1 August 1943, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 'Scrappy II' 42-40375. KIA MACR 1646
Buried	Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO	3 August 1950	Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri
Based		1 August 1943	Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.