William Frederick McGill
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 33627 - Capt. William F. McGill - 338th Fighter Squadron 55th Group (Last wartime casualty of the 55th.)
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Bill McGill's first P-51, 44-13743, was damaged in a taxying accident on 13-Apr-45 when P-51 43-6928 taxied into the back of it chewing off the tail, McGill was uninjured, RTD. His replacement P-51, 44-72814, suffered a similar accident on 1-May-45, this time it was fatal for McGill. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Milford, New Haven County, CT | 18 July 1917 | Son of William C and Minnie H McGill. |
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Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 6 February 1941 | Hartford, Connecticut |
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Died Killed in action |
Wormingford, UK | 1 May 1945 | Killed in a taxiing accident, when his P-51 was taxied into from the rear. Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Based |
Wormingford | 1 May 1945 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Saint Marys Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, CT | Re-Interred Saint Marys Cemetery Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster
