William A Perkins

Military
media-17491.jpeg UPL 17491 Perkins McCool photos

McCool

Object Number - UPL 17491 - Perkins

27 missions, Crew R68



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster; ACM; EAMECM; WWIIVM

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-50532

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Is this trip necessary? , Blonde Bombshell
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

14 June 1905

Buried

Fridley, Minnesota

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Vincent S. Cahill

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