William E Findlay

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham Seaton; and Flying Officer S.W. Brown of No 258 Squadron, RAF shelter under a P-47 Thunderbolt in Burma. Printed caption on reverse: 'British Official Photograph. AN OFF-SPELL IN BURMA 1945/12/14. Resting in the shade under the wing of a RAF Thunderbolt on a forward airstrip in Burma are (left to right) Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar of St Clair, Clarville, Northbank Avenue, Kirkintilloch, Scotland; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham media-456580.jpg FRE 9467 Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham Seaton; and Flying Officer S.W. Brown of No 258 Squadron, RAF shelter under a P-47 Thunderbolt in Burma. Printed caption on reverse: 'British Official Photograph. AN OFF-SPELL IN BURMA 1945/12/14. Resting in the shade under the wing of a RAF Thunderbolt on a forward airstrip in Burma are (left to right) Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar of St Clair, Clarville, Northbank Avenue, Kirkintilloch, Scotland; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham Seaton; and Flying Officer S.W. Brown.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 9467 - Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham Seaton; and Flying Officer S.W. Brown of No 258 Squadron, RAF shelter under a...

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17 42-30808 crashed NNW of Celle, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).

 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30808

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 15 May 1920 Born Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Died

23 March 1944

Buried

Zion Lehigh Church Cemetery Alburtis, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 1 January 1948 Re-Interred Zion Lehigh Church Cemetery Alburtis, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3541 / MACR 3541, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham Seaton; and Flying Officer S.W. Brown of No 258 Squadron, RAF shelter under a P-47 Thunderbolt in Burma. Printed caption on reverse: 'British Official Photograph. AN OFF-SPELL IN BURMA 1945/12/14. Resting in the shade under the wing of a RAF Thunderbolt on a forward airstrip in Burma are (left to right) Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar of St Clair, Clarville, Northbank Avenue, Kirkintilloch, Scotland; Flight Lieutenant Hugh Wyndham

Object number: FRE 9467 - Warrant Officer William Findlay Edgar; Flight...

William Findlay

Object number: UPL 60881 - 2nd Lt William E Findlay