William F Whitt

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media-25812.jpeg UPL 25812 JW Roundhill and his crew on 28 March 1944

Shared with the American Air Museum by JW Roundhill.

Object Number - UPL 25812 - JW Roundhill and his crew on 28 March 1944

Killed in Action (KIA) Zudausques, France mission (rocket site) B-17 42-30237 'Stump Jumper' Captain Walter Smith's crew.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stump Jumper
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Virginia, USA 17 October 1917

Enlisted

Richmond, VA, USA 30 June 1942

Died

Zudausques, France 19 June 1944 Killed in Action (KIA) Zudausques, France mission (rocket site) B-17 'Stump Jumper'.
Radford, Virginia

Buried

West View Cemetery, South Hill, VA 23970, USA West View Cemetery Radford, Radford City Virginia, USA.

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Sources

Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 660; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 308 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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