William W Gambill
Military ROLL OF HONOURShared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Wingman 363rd FS 357th FG. Shot down by flak and crashed at Mehringen while attacking three ME109s on a bomber escort mission to Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 in P-51B #42-103041. Gambill was later killed on 23 Mar 1944 during a British bombing raid while being held at a German interrogation center in Frankfurt. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR #2994.
From Union, Oregon.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
23 March 1944 | Died in German transit camp outside of Frankfort am Main. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Frankfort am Main, Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
I am unable to verify the mission specifics i.e. "Shot down by flak" or "attacking three Me109s". No information was available in the mission debriefing report or the Missing Air Crew Report or attachments.
I have been unable to access the German War ministry records of capture or interrogation.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2994 / MACR 2994, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database