William B Plasket
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-30163. He bailed out over France and was picked up by the French Underground. Plasket and several others were taken from Paris to the Spanish border and Plasket died in trying to walk through the Pyreenees Mountains to Spain.
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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
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
25 October 1943 | ||
Born |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
6 September 1943 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 518 / MACR 518, First Over Germany pg. 155 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database