Willard R McGee
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down in a frontal attack by fighters on the return from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31135 'Suzy Sagtitz' crashed near Schoonebekerveld, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Suzy Sag Titz
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
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Born |
Walnut Cove, North Carolina | ||
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, J-9-3 |
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Sources
ABMC, MACR 3082, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia