William Alexander Miller Dabney
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 30938 - William A M Dabney. Washington and Lee University Law School 1941
Killed in Action (KIA). Lost flying with the Kenley Sector in Spitfire 19 August 1942.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 August 1942
- Official Description: 2d Lt Samuel F Junkin Jr of 309th Ftr Sq, 31st Ftr Gp, flying a Spitfire in support of the amphibious raid on Dieppe, shoots down a German fighter, this being the first aerial victory won by an Eighth AF fighter pilot flying from the UK.
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
19 August 1942 | Circumstances unknown in Kenley Sector. | |
|
Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery |
Revisions
Staunton Virginia News Leader Sept 16, 1942
Lee Cunningham 12-Nov-2014. Clarification of events and locations.
Lee Cunningham 20-Oct-2014. "Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 26, MACR 16481
