William C J Murphy

Military

Prisoner of War - crashed near Seehausen on 7 Apr 45 in B-17 44-8528.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8528

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dream King/Flak Sack
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

7 April 1945

Born

New York City, New York

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MACR 14187

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14187