Willard Everett King

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-52639.jpeg UPL 52639 2nd Lt Willard E King, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52639 - 2nd Lt Willard E King, 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920

Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

615th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Milton Rex Wingard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-440624
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31091

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Maggie
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Sparkman, AR	4 July 1923	Son of John Fay and Zelma Alice [Everett] King.
Enlisted	Little Rock, AR	17 November 1942	Little Rock, Arkansas
Died	Pegau, Germany	11 September 1944	Shot down 11-Sep-44 in B-17 42-31091 'Maggie'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8920
Based Killed in Action (KIA)	Deenethorpe	11 September 1944	Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Buried	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial		Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Buried	Sardis Cemetery Pine Grove, Dallas County, AR		Memorialised Sardis Cemetery Pine Grove, Dallas County, Arkansas