William L Craver

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Radio Operator, Holdom Crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 14 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30011 "Widget". Mission #9 to Amiens-Glisy, France. MACR 133. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in Vienna, OH.

Warren, OH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

William A Bechter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735969
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William R Coleman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37153639
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Kenneth Lund Fossan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39393396
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert H Gravelyn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-737416
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert J Holdom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792594
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30011

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Widget
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Warren, Ohio, USA 20 October 1921

Enlisted

Cleveland, OH, USA 10 August 1942

Other

Killed in Action

France 14 July 1943

Based

14 July 1943

Buried

Crown Hill Burial Park Vienna, OH

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 133 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 133 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database