William Scott Tull
Military ROLL OF HONOURRear L-R: F/O Bernie White, 1Lt William Louis Meyran, 2Lt Larry Paul, 2Lt Warren l Davidson, 2Lt Fredrick J Kushera
Front L-R: S/Sgt Charles R Kennedy, S/Sgt Victor C Petrauskas, S/Sgt Melvin P Brown, T/Sgt William Scott Tull, S/Sgt Anthony N Perry
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000 yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15229
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12078631
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19098766 / O-755592
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 14 December 1921 | Son of Ernest Bertram and Maybella Mae [Peil] Tull. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 31 July 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died |
Vicinity of Anstey Church | 15 October 1944 | Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000 yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. KIA MACR 15229 |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 17 October 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 7 Grave 133 |
Based |
Nuthampstead | 15 October 1944 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Springfield, MA | Husband of Alice E Tull. |
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398th Unit history, Combat Chronology Supplement; 398th History, Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia