William Bruce Plough
Military
Front L-R: 2Lt Stanley E Bailey, 2Lt Sumner M Alpert, 2Lt Leo H Butler, 2Lt William Fenning.
Rear L-R: Unk, Sgt William B Plough, Unk, Unk, Unk.
Object Number - UPL 36706 - "Lt. Bailey and crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 19 July...
Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Force landed in B-17G 42-38183 on 28 September 1944. Returned to duty (RTD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: The Lost Angel
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wabash County, IN | 21 March 1917 | Son of William and Letha Leona [Draper] Plough. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH | 17 October 1942 | Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio |
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Other Force landed RTD |
RAF Kimbolton, UK | 28 September 1944 | Force landed in B-17G 42-38183 on 28 September 1944. Returned to duty (RTD). |
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Died |
North Manchester, IN | 16 January 2009 | |
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Buried |
Hopewell Cemetery Lagro | 21 January 2009 | Hopewell Cemetery Lagro, Wabash County, IN |
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Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
