William A McKnight

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Hit by flak/fighters, exploded and crashed SSW of Brunswick just after bombs away on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97476 'Shackeroo'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97476

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

23 March 1944

Born

St Michael, Pennsylvania

Buried

Plot B Row 35 Grave 48

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3536, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces