William P England
Military
Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book project ABMC American Cemeteries website
USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website
Object Number - UPL 35083 - SSgt William England. Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book project ABMC American Cemeteries website
ETTG, Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31097 'Mission Belle'. Mission #46 to the chemical factory at Leverkusen, Germany. MACR 1661. Prisoner of War at Stalag IXc and Luft 1.
Texas
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32410832
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17065322 and O-739541
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35722592
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32335119
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31196558
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mission Belle
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Texas, United States | 15 October 1910 | |
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Enlisted |
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | 12 October 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 1 December 1943 | NARA WWII POW database : interned at Stalag Luft 9C Bad Sulza, Germany. Note : http://www.merkki.com/mccrackenjack.htm lists him in Stalag Luft 1 - North 3 Compound - Barracks 4 (Block 304) - Room 13. |
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Died |
Des Moines, Iowa, United States | 21 February 1958 | |
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Buried |
Fort Des Moines Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa, United States |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1661 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
