Will Davis Burgsteiner
MilitaryPhoto courtesy Anthony Chardella.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg, 359th Fighter Group Historian
Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. 75 x combat missions in ETO. Credited 4 x destroyed [Ground], 1 x probable [Air]. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (OLC), SS, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Berrien County, GA, USA | 24 March 1922 | Son of William Kirk and Ola [Moore] Burgsteiner. |
Enlisted |
Vidalia, GA, USA | 16 September 1940 | Vidalia - Lyons - Georgia |
Other E/A Destroyed [4] |
Gütersloh, Germany | 11 April 1944 | 4 x Fw190's destroyed ground strafing Hamm airfield. |
Other Collided tree damaged A/C |
Amiens, France | 17 August 1944 | Whilst strafing a train, hit a tree in P-51 44-14062 losing six feet of the starboard wing. Nursed aircraft back to base for a most unusual landing. |
Other Promotion |
Wretham IP24, UK | 11 September 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
Other E/A Probable |
Saalfeld, Germany | 21 November 1944 | 1 x Fw190 probably destroyed. Vicinity of Saalfeld. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 12 December 1944 | Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
Died |
Valdosta, GA, USA | 18 April 2005 | |
Other Promotion |
Wretham IP24, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Based |
East Wretham | 12 December 1944 | Assigned to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Lowndes County, GA, USA | |||
Buried |
Valdosta, GA, USA | Sunset Hill Cemetery Valdosta Lowndes County Georgia, USA | |
Other Pilot training |
57 Patriot Ave, Chicopee, MA 01022, USA | Advanced flight training -Class 43. Westover field, MA |
Revisions
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Burgsteiner&Submit=S…
https://www.fold3.com/page/85222035_will_d%20burgsteiner/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/30352928_will_d%20burgsteiner/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/28705488
https://www.fold3.com/image/29619914
359th Fighter Group, 1943-1945 By Thomas H. Raines
359th Fighter Group By Jack H Smith
http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=46044
http://valdostamuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Part-1-1995.pdf
http://valdostamuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Part-3-1996.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31486361
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, Unit History