William Carlton Rundbaken
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 561BG, 15AF USAAF. Podwolsky crew, later with Capalbo crew. 33 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer mission in B-24 42-51319 'Welcome Wagon'; mauled by fighters, failed to escape A/C prior to disintegration. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10651
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14164992 / O-825560
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Welcome Wagon
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hartford, CT | 17 March 1924 | Son of Frederick J and Sarah [Ginsburg] Rundbaken. |
Enlisted |
New Haven, CT | 8 December 1942 | New Haven, Connecticut |
Other Commissioned |
19 February 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt. | |
Died |
Prague, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer mission in B-24 42-51319 'Welcome Wagon'; mauled by fighters, failed to escape A/C prior to disintegration. KIA MACR 10651 |
Buried |
Beth Israel Cemetery Hartford, Hartford County, CT | Re-Interred Beth Israel Cemetery Hartford, Hartford County, CT | |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 561BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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