William Edward LeMay

Military

Served in WW2 aboard the B-17 as a navigator in the US Army Air Corp.

Married wife, Helen, on 30th June 1945.

Received honorary Doctorate degree from Otterbein collage in 1973.

Founded Ohio sealer and chemical corp.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lancaster, Kentucky 5 June 1924

Died

Butler/warren county hospice 30 November 2016

Revisions

Date
ContributorOllie Lewis
Changes
Sources

The 8AF News
March 2017

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self,

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