William P McNally

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Had mid air collision and crashed at Offilin in B-17 #42-97555, Killed in Action (KIA).



Staff Sergeant William P. McNally was born October 23, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, John and Elanora McNally. He was from Jersey City, New Jersey.

On July 28, 1944, he was serving as the Left Waist Gunner aboard “Island F for Fox,” B-17 tail #42-97555 of the 100th Bomb Group, 350th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Dillenberg, Germany.

He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, New Jersey.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Two pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortresses, (MZ-F, serial number 42-97555) and (MZ-T, serial number 42-97627), of the 96th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '59089 A.C. PFF planes such as these flying high above German targets were able to see covered objectives thousands of feet below mirrored as small clusters of light in the screen of the Mickey instrument which they caried. The revolving micro-wave antenna which sends out and picks up impulses is housed in the covered "blister" in back of the bomb ba

42-97555

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Island F For Fox
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

23 October 1923 Staff Sergeant William P. McNally was born October 23, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, John and Elanora McNally. He was from Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Killed in action

28 July 1944 On July 28, 1944, he was serving as the Left Waist Gunner aboard “Island F for Fox,” B-17 tail #42-97555 of the 100th Bomb Group, 350th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Dillenberg, Germany.

Buried

He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, New Jersey.

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorWW2 Researcher Bill Beigel
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IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7880