William Raymond Sultan

Military
media-44656.jpeg UPL 44656 William Raymond 'Gil' Sultan, 301BG.

Object Number - UPL 44656 - William Raymond 'Gil' Sultan, 301BG.

Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Ed Simon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Friedrichshafen in B-17 44-6284 3-Aug-44; Flak took out two engines, all crew baled out, A/C crashed Sterzing, Italy Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7316.





Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maspeth, Queens, NY 26 May 1923 Son of William and Catherine Sultan.

Died

Sterzing, Italy 3 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Friedrichshafen in B-17 44-6284; baled out KIA MACR 7316

Buried

Re-Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 7 Grave 4

Based

3 August 1944 Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.

Other

Draft registration

Bethpage, NY Draft registration: Employed Grumman Aircraft Corp.

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