William Louis Anciaux

Military
media-16208.jpeg UPL 16208 Crew #694
Charles W. Lanham Crew
466th BG - 786th BS

This crew was forced to crash land in Sweden after losing two engines over the North Sea on 2 April 1945. It was their first and only combat mission 466th Bomb Group collection

Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

Object Number - UPL 16208 - Crew #694 Charles W. Lanham Crew 466th BG - 786th BS This crew was forced to crash land in Sweden after losing two engines over the North Sea on...

William L Anciaux flew as a navigator with the 466th Bomb Group. He was interned after his B-24 (serial number 44-10521), nicknamed 'Laden Maid', crashed in Sweden on 2 April 1945. (466th BG flew B-24s, not B-17s).

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Laden Maid
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Iowa, USA 2 September 1923

Other

Married Joyce Ann Lensch

Exira, IA 50076, USA 5 October 1944

Other

Interned (INT)

Sweden 2 April 1945

Other

Crashed

Sweden 2 April 1945

Died

Exira, Audubon Co., Iowa 4 November 2019 Died at 96 yrs., 2 months and 2 days of age. Interred in the Exira Cemetery, Exira, Audubon Co., Iowa. Earned a Purple Heart.
Exira, Iowa

Revisions

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Corrected errors in biography

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Obituary posted on Find-A-Grave.

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Find-A-Grave records.

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Social Security Death Index; NARA census records; Find-A-Grave record: 466th BG records

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466th BG Historian

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Obituary of his sister Orlynn Helen (Anciaux) McKibbin: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/auduboncountynews/obituary.aspx?n=orly…;

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Combined three entries for this airmen into one entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13736 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

POW info: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=18460

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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