William Joseph Condon

Military

William Condon was Engineer/Top Turret gunner on board of B-17 ≠42-29744, lost 15 May 1943, crashed in the North Sea near Cuxhaven, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 07002327
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000085
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17042780 at enlistment, then O-729813
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39095792
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18069325 at enlistment, then O-732618
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battling Bee
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 2 April 1921

Enlisted

12 January 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

15 May 1943 Captured 15 May 1943 in Altenwalde, near Cuxhaven, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : "Interned at Stalag XVIIB, Barracks 30A, Braunau, near Krems, Austria.

Other

Discharged

7 October 1945

Died

15 July 1992 Fremont, California
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Revisions

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MACR 15512
NARA WWII Enlistment record
NARA WWII POW record
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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WWII Draft card

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MACR 15512

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, NARA POW database / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database