William Locke Vaughan

Military

Assigned to 828BS, 485BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to return Linz, Austria 20-Jan-45 in B-24 42-52718 'Valiant Lady'; ran low on fuel, heading for the emergency strip on Viz Island, Yugoslavia. Engines cut out 2 miles short of the runway and was ditched into Viz harbour, whereupon the ship broke into two and sank. The crew at the front of the ship drowned including William. Killed in Action (KIA)

 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-41068) of the 485th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Yellow? 44-41068.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Linden, Tennessee 17 March 1921 BornLinden, Tennessee

Enlisted

Knoxville, Tennessee 26 May 1942 EnlistedKnoxville, Tennessee

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Off Yugoslavia coast 20 January 1945 Killed in Action (KIA)Off Yugoslavia coast

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri 10 January 1950 Re-InterredJefferson Barracks National CemeteryLemay, St. Louis County, Missouri