Willard Bewley Fay

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 13080





Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Arthur Stern

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15170474 / O-828823
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38046

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Neward, New Jersey 10 August 1917

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 16 September 1940 Newark, New Jersey

Died

Kamberg, Germany 17 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Ruhland 17-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38046; Mid-air collision, crashed Kamberg, Germany KIA MACR 13080

Buried

Beverly National Cemetery Beverly, Burlington County, NJ Re-Interred Beverly National Cemetery Beverly, Burlington County, NJ

Based

Eye 17 March 1945 Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/29442236
https://www.fold3.com/image/310758678
https://www.fold3.com/record/85160576-willard-b-fay
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/640607/willard-bewley-fay

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13080