William Adams Knowles
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 20540 - William Adams Knowles
Killed in Action (KIA) 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4232003 'Shoo Shoo Baby'. His plane shot down on return from his 8th mission. Plane crashed into North Sea--no survivors. His name is on the memorial wall of the missing at Margraten, Holland.
PH/ AM
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shoo shoo baby
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Des Moines, Iowa | 23 April 1918 | |
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Died |
11 April 1944 | Killed in Action | |
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Buried |
On Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
MACR 3774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Edits made by user Brent Miller using Fold3 and World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3774, relative / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html
