William H Burns
MilitaryAssigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 94 x missions. Credited with 1 x probable and 1 x shared destroyed. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (6OLC), WWII Victory, EAME and American campaign, UN and Korean medal.
Post war: Joined the Air National Guard on return from war. Recalled to USAF in 1951 for Korean war sevice, flying Sabres as a flight commander, he was honourably discharged Oct-53.
Picture: - http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/images/Plane%20Photos/338th%20FS/P-38J…
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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
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Lightning Baby
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: My Lightning Baby
- Unit: 474th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 428th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Military site
- Known as: Jefferson Hall
- 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 End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Colfax, WA, USA | 24 April 1922 | Son of Grace and Dave Burns. |
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Enlisted Promoted |
Spokane International Airport (GEG), 9000 W Airport Dr, Spokane, WA 99224, USA | 18 March 1942 | Geiger Field Spokane, WA |
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Other Crashed |
Stewart International Airport (SWF), 1180 1st St, New Windsor, NY 12553, USA | 7 May 1943 | Taxiing Accident-Ground Collision Stewart Field, NY Cat 3 damage 2Lt William H Burns, 7-May-43. AT-6C 41-32768 570 School |
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Other Crashed |
Clallam County, WA, USA | 9 May 1943 | Landing Accident Clallam Co Ardrm Cat 4 damage 2Lt William H Burns, 9-May-43. P-38F 43-2051 - 338FS 55FG |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 1 December 1943 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Probable |
Venlo, Netherlands | 31 January 1944 | Me-109 probable (air) Nth/Venlo 31-Jan-44 |
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Other Promotion |
Wormingford, UK | 4 April 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other Crashed |
Wormingford, UK | 19 August 1944 | Ground looped P-51D 44-13767 CL-F at Wormingford. 19-Aug-44. |
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Other E/A Shared |
Frankfurt, Germany | 12 September 1944 | Me-109 shared destroyed (air) Nth/Frankfurt 12-Sept-44. |
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Other Transferred |
Stone ST15, UK | 12 December 1944 - 19 December 1944 | Transferred to 70th Replacement Depot. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
19 December 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). | |
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Other Crashed |
Spokane International Airport (GEG), 9000 W Airport Dr, Spokane, WA 99224, USA | 3 August 1951 | Missing Friendly Fire 1.5 Miles W Geiger Field Cat 3 damage Capt William H Burns, 3-Aug-51. F-86A 49-1097 - 116FIS 81FIG WADF |
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Died |
2 September 2012 | ||
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Based |
Wormingford | 12 December 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Discharged |
Honourably discharged 1945. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster