William John Vanderlick

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-23580.png UPL 23580 Dean L. Fosters Crew. Back row: (L-R) W.J. Vanderlick-Navigator, Arthur Silverman-Co-pilot, Dean L. Foster-Pilot, Linder Tanksley-Bombardier. Front row: (L-R) Arthur Wilkinson-Gunner, F.D. Devaney-Gunner, William Hineman-Radio, John C. Bird-Engineer, O.W. Bay-Gunner, John L. Bennett-Tail and Waist Gunner.

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Object Number - UPL 23580 - Dean L. Fosters Crew. Back row: (L-R) W.J. Vanderlick-Navigator, Arthur Silverman-Co-pilot, Dean L. Foster-Pilot, Linder Tanksley-Bombardier. Front...

Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15229



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97746

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota 15 February 1921 Son of Fred and Marjorie Vanderlick.

Enlisted

Minneapolis, MN 31 July 1942

Died

Vicinity Anstey Church 15 October 1944 Cologne mission 15-Oct-44; Crashed 1000yds from end of runway near Anstey Church, bomb load exploded on impact. KIA MACR 15229

Buried

17 October 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Nuthampstead 15 October 1944 Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery, MN Re-Interred Fort Snelling National Cemetery Hennepin County, MN

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Combat Chronology Supplement; 398th History, Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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