William Donald Dunwoody

Military
media-45260.jpeg UPL 45260 Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 45260 - Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG) Kneeling Left to Right:...

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People

Wilfred Brand Cullerne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39146514
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Raymond William Detweiler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12151230
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Paul L Facteau

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12177592 / O-2063389
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Clarence B Nall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Togglier; Gunner

Arden Lorimer Quesinberry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33653313
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Togglier

Aircraft

44-8272

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group

44-8604

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Section Eight
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

845

  • Date: 24 February 1945

841

  • Date: 22 February 1945
  • Official Description:

839

  • Date: 21 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'

824

  • Date: 9 February 1945

821

  • Date: 6 February 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY 23 November 1919

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

Horham Airfield, UK 30 November 1944 - 23 March 1945

Other

Mid-air Collision/Survived

Campsea Ashe, UK 23 March 1945 Flying battle damaged B-17G 44-8604, they collided with B-17G 44-8754

Died

17 September 2000

Buried

Uniondale, NY 20 September 2000 Greenfield Cemetery Uniondale, Nassau County, New York, USA
Bronx, NY 1451 Overing Street

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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