William H Bancroft Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Transferred to 4MRRU.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ascend Charlie
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Rugged Rebel V The Body's Bastard
- Unit: 2nd Scouting Force
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: The Body's Bastard
- Unit: 2nd Scouting Force
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York, NY, USA | 12 January 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Patterson Blvd, Fairfield, OH 45014, USA | 6 May 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, USA. |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 2 September 1944 - 8 January 1945 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK | 29 December 1944 - 10 February 1945 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Transferred |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 10 February 1945 - 21 September 1945 | Transferred to 2nd Scouting Force, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 1 April 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK | 21 September 1945 | Transferred to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Transferred |
Nuneaton, UK | 23 September 1945 | Transferred to 4th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron. |
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Died |
Youngstown, OH, USA | 8 June 1995 | |
| Dayton, OH, USA | |||
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Other Detached service |
29 December 1944 | On Detached service (DS) with Ferry Command. |
Revisions
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
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