William L Huddleston

Military

Shot down by fighters and broke up and crashed near Daaden, GR on the return from a mission to Bernburg, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-31428. 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.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31428

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

22 February 1944

Revisions

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Contributorbigweek
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located crashsite

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 2655 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…