William Michael Doyle

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany, on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31338 'Hard To Get'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

452nd Bomb Group

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

728th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Kenneth Malcolm Burns

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39037657
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Harvey Hamilton Fleming

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13119841
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Charles William Hacic

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32380253
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Floyd Edward Holman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16088149
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Roy Eugene Morris

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16033384
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Aircraft

42-31338

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hard To Get
Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

Missions

The wreck of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100046) of the 389th Bomb Group, 2 October 1944. Official caption on image: "(GAD-2-7-61SC)(2-10-44)(A/C No. 2100046 - B-24)." Handwritten on reverse: '389BG. Taverham.' On reverse: John H. Woolnough [Stamp].

8th Air Force 216

Date: 10 February 1944

Places

Deopham Green

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Born	26 June 1915	Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan
Enlisted	9 April 1942	Chicago, Illinois
Other Killed In Action (KIA)	10 February 1944	Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany
Buried	11 February 1944	in the Kemme cemetery
		Chicago, Illinois
Buried		after the war his remains were brought to a Temporary American Cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium
Buried		William Doyle’s remains were repatriated to the USA and they rest in a common grave with Roy Morris and John Nightingale at the Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois

Revisions

Date29 May 2020 10:19:56

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, role, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations

Sources

MACR 2540
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:30

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2540 / MACR 2540, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database