William Burdette Lock
Military
Object Number - UPL 37283 - "Lt Lock and crew of the 92nd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 6 January 1944."
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 combat missions. Pilot of B-17F 42-30580 'Equipoise' blew a tire and veered off runway on 5-Jan-44. RTD. Shot down on return from mission to Oschersleben on 11-Jan-44 in B-17G 42-31175 'Trudy'. Evaded (EVD). MACR 1920
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15329994
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675987
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18160462
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676215
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Springfield, CO | 10 January 1919 | Son of Harvey Birden and Mabel Ella [Elsworth] Lock. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Logan, CO | 18 January 1941 | |
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Other Ground Collision |
Podington, UK | 5 January 1944 | B-17F 42-30580 'Equipoise' blew a tire and veered off runway on 5-Jan-44. In collision with other B-17 RTD. |
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Other Evaded |
Deventer, Holland | 11 January 1944 | Shot down on return from mission to Oschersleben on 11-Jan-44 in B-17G 42-31175 'Trudy'. Evaded (EVD) MACR 1920 |
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Other Evaded EVD |
Holland | 11 January 1944 - 23 March 1944 | Evaded capture, 72 days before returning to military control. |
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Died |
Florence, CO | 26 January 2013 | |
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Based |
Podington | Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
| Penrose, Fremont County, CO |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1920 / MACR 1920, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
