William J Koenig

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #4230142 'Pistol Packin' Mama. ' Koenig and other members of the crew were arrested at the crash site. They escaped from a moving train outside of Rotterdam. Three of them were passed to the Dutch-Paris escape line. They were in the Dutch-Paris safe house on the rue Lhomond in Paris when it was raided on February 26, 1944. Koenig and the other aviators walked out of the city that day.

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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

42-30142

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Marys, Ohio, USA

Revisions

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Sources

NARA, escape and evasion reports 674 and 675 www.archives.gov

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3123 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database