William H Goetz
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 49638 - Roommates Bill Goetz, Don Stockton and Ehle Reber
1-May-1942 Assigned as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. 24-Oct-42 arrived with crew and B-17F 41-24517 at Molesworth, UK.
Killed in Action of 3-Jan-1943 aboard B-17F 41-24517 "Kali" 303BG/427BS while serving as Pilot. Aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France and crashed into the Atlantic near the target.
Participated in 5 Operations (3 were Aborted). See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kali
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description: 72 HBs attack air de pot at Romilly-sur-Seine in effective raid. 6 bmrs are lost to ftrs.
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description: 17 HBs bomb Rouen-Sotteville M/Y. Bad weather prevents large attack planned for air installations at Romilly-sur-Seine.
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description: 36 HBs attack Atelier d’Hellemmes locomotive works at Lille while a smaller group of aircraft bomb Abbeville/Drucat A/F.
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description: 11 HBs attack Lorient-Keroma 17 U-boat base.
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Boise, ID, USA | 1 May 1942 | Assigned with crew as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 24 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK with crew and as Pilot o f B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS. |
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Other Mission #1, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced him to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1942 | Killed when aircraft sustained damage from flak and fighter attacks and crashed into the Atlantic. |
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Other Mission #5, 1LT William H. Goetz, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS - KIA |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 3 January 1942 | Served as Pilot of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the Atlantic, and he was Killed in Action KIA> |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Jan-2016. Corrected initial assigment to location and Assigned to Aircraft location per 303BG records, Gary Moncur, Historian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 3-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/009.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303NG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Assignedd to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added original aircraft assignment, arrival in UK and mission participation statement to Summary Biography; made connections to all mission participations per my reseach of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, William H. Goetz crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-goetz.html
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Restored information from MACR 6141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database; added decorations and Commemoration event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; added KIA event and SN per MACR 6141; crafted biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2015. Flagged as DUPLICATE due to original ingest of data from multiple sources. COMBINED into a single entry as William H. Goetz.
MACR 6141 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
