William P Mitchell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed at Merseburg in B-17 'Marge' #4338110

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38110

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 835th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

28 September 1944

Born

New York State

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 28 September 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9420 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database