Webster Merriman Bull

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-17 #4237773 'Full House. ' Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).



The plane was ditched in the Ijsselmeer, The Netherlands.



AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster / Purple Heart

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37773) nicknamed "Full House" of the 388th Bomb Group. Image via Harry Miller. Handwritten caption on reverse: '20/12/43 Bremen (A/C lost 22/12/43).'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Full House
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minnesota, USA 30 December 1914

Buried

Plot D Row 19 Grave 2 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupré, Belgium

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

IJsselmeer, Netherlands 22 December 1943
Douglas County, NE, USA

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Sources

ABMC; MACR 3148 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database