After graduation from the Waterford High School, William Bull worked at the General Electric Co plant in Schenectady, NY. He enlisted in February 1943 and followed aerial gunnery training. Sent overseas, he was assigned to the 381st Bomber Group / 532nd Bomber Squadron. He was Tail Gunner on board B-17 # 42-38029 when it was shot down on the 8 March 1944 mission to Berlin-Erkner. Initially evaded with the help of Dutch and Belgian patriots, he and other American airmen, including five others of his crew, were denounced and arrested with members of the Resistance organization. Interned in Liège before he was sent to Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow-Tychowo (Poland). Force-marched from there on 6 February 1945. Walked for 86 days until liberated on 2 May 1945. Flown to France, then to England and repatriated to the United States. The story of his evasion, capture and internment at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fbullwl.html