William H Spindler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57166.jpeg UPL 57166 Van Dyke Crew - 836th Squadron
The crew from left to right: Sgt William H. Spindler (tail gunner), S/Sgt Charles H. Crossley (assistant engineer), 2nd Lt Rudolph J. Zebora (bombardier), Sgt Bradford A. Rupe (nose turret gunner), S/Sgt Leslie E. Kraus (radio operator), 2nd Lt Elliot L. Katz (navigator), 2nd Lt Merle J. Thies (co-pilot), 2nd Lt Joseph S. Van Dyke (pilot)
All except Katz, who was not on the crew that day, perished on June 23, 1944 near Brussels when the B-24 was shot down by flak
(photo provided by Jim Zebora)

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Object Number - UPL 57166 - Van Dyke Crew - 836th Squadron The crew from left to right: Sgt William H. Spindler (tail gunner), S/Sgt Charles H. Crossley (assistant engineer),...

Killed in Action (KIA) 23 June 1944 in AC #4128822.



AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

23 June 1944

Born

Scarsdale, New York, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Belgium 23 June 1944

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

ABMC, MACR 6263 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6263 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/WilliamSpindler.shtml , http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/VanDykeCrew.shtml

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