William Gordon Cannon
Military
Niece of Vance Chipman
Object Number - UPL 55834 - de Havilland Mosquito NS 677 Chip's Chariot, - L-R Lt William Cannon, Lt Vance Chipman, T/Sgt Jordan.
Assigned to ??, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions in B-17's. 2nd tour assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Schweinfurt, Germany in Mosquito NS677; aircraft was downed by fighters POW. MACR 10237
(He owned a monkey and when became a POW, the other crew at base didn't know what to do with the monkey.
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10601353 / O-1995872
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newman, SanJoaquin County, CA | 25 May 1919 | Son of Irene Marie Cannon. |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA | 27 December 1941 | San Francisco, California |
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Other Baled out POW |
Schweinfurt, Germany | 1 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Schweinfurt, Germany in Mosquito NS677; aircraft was downed by fighters POW. MACR 10237 |
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Other Hospitalised |
Ebelbach, Germany | 1 November 1944 | Hospitalised for 3 months for wounds received. |
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Died |
23 December 2012 | ||
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Buried |
Tracy Public Cemetery, Tracy, San Joaquin County, CA | 27 December 2012 | Tracy Public Cemetery Tracy, San Joaquin County, California |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. | |
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Based |
Watton | 1 November 1944 | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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American Ex-prisoners of War: Non Solum Armis, Volume 4 By Gardner N. Hatch, W. Curtis Musten, John S. Edwards
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American Ex-prisoners of War: Non Solum Armis, Volume 4 By Gardner N. Hatch, W. Curtis Musten, John S. Edwards
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137429808/william-g_-cannon
Combat Chronology Supplement p.542, Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 176, 9. 82 / Combat Chronology Supplement p.542, Aerial Intelligence of the 25th BG p. 176, 9. 82, 163 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia