William Louis Anciaux
Military
UPL 79312
UPL 79312
Crew #694Charles W. Lanham Crew
466th BG - 786th BS
This crew was forced to crash land in Sweden after losing two engines over the North Sea on 2 April 1945. It was their first and only combat mission 466th Bomb Group collection
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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom
Object Number - UPL 79312 - Crew #694 Charles W. Lanham Crew 466th BG - 786th BS This crew was forced to crash land in Sweden after losing two engines over the North Sea on...
William L Anciaux flew as a navigator with the 466th Bomb Group. He was interned after his B-24 (serial number 44-10521), nicknamed 'Laden Maid', crashed in Sweden on 2 April 1945. (466th BG flew B-24s, not B-17s).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Laden Maid
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Iowa, USA | 2 September 1923 | |
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Other Married Joyce Ann Lensch |
Exira, IA 50076, USA | 5 October 1944 | |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Sweden | 2 April 1945 | |
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Other Crashed |
Sweden | 2 April 1945 | |
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Died |
Exira, Audubon Co., Iowa | 4 November 2019 | Died at 96 yrs., 2 months and 2 days of age. Interred in the Exira Cemetery, Exira, Audubon Co., Iowa. Earned a Purple Heart. |
| Exira, Iowa |
Revisions
Social Security Death Index; NARA census records; Find-A-Grave record: 466th BG records
Obituary of his sister Orlynn Helen (Anciaux) McKibbin: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/auduboncountynews/obituary.aspx?n=orly…;
Findagrave record for his wife, Joyce: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89883604
Combined three entries for this airmen into one entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13736 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
POW info: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=18460
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
