William Abbott
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #213 dated 28 October 1944 as crew pilot. 33 combat missions.
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William Franklin Herndon
Military
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2nd Lt William Franklin Herndon, 384BG.
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Abbott crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
384th Bomb Group
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by... -
547th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-38013 "NEVADA AVENGER"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; New Castle 10/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-C] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; sal battle damaged 27/4/44. NEVADA AVENGER. ... -
42-97263 "LADY MARGARET"
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 12/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Kearney 1/4/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-D] Grafton Underwood 15/4/44; crashed on take off with John Whiteside 10/1/45, Salvaged. -
42-97960
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; with ? force landed Mt 4/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 3/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Chas Molder, Hobart Treadway, Ernie Knowlton, Ralph... -
43-38800 BUSY BUZZARD
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Hunter 24/9/44; Grenier 2/10/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-K] Grafton Underwood 6/10/44; battle damaged Zeitz 30/11/44 with ? ; abandoned over continent; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 31/10/45.... -
44-6514 Danny
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 25/8/44; Grenier 17/9/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-Q] Grafton Underwood 21/9/44; transferred with group to Istres on mapping duties, Salvaged 9AF Germany 10/12/45.DANNY.
Associated Place
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Grafton Underwood
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Kansas city, MO | 2 March 1923 |
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Son of Clifton B and Nona S Herndon. |
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| Enlisted | Kansas City, MO | 8 December 1942 |
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Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Based | Grafton Underwood | October 1944 – March 1945 |
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Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 21 June 1983 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | 4 September 1998 | |
| Buried | Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO | 7 September 1998 |
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Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 August 2020 15:48:03 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/619362462 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:28:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=h... |
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