William Millard Cusick
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57813 - S/Sgt William M. Cusick
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Mechanical failure caused force landing in wheat field in B-17 44-6418 'Smashing Thru'. A/C nosed over into unseen railway cutting and fire caused bomb load to explode. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR
Awards: PH.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37501550
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner, Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32073896 / O-757387
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35589038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676081
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 19 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Faribault County, MN | 15 December 1916 | Son of William Augustine and Catherine Agnes [McCarrick ]Cusick. |
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Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 20 July 1942 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Died |
Vicinity of Great Yeldham | 13 July 1944 | Mechanical failure caused force landing in wheat field in B-17 44-6418 'Smashing Thru'. A/C nosed over into unseen railway cutting and fire caused bomb load to explode. KIA. No MACR |
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Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | 14 July 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery |
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Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, NE | Re-Interred Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska Section F, Site 1204 | |
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Buried |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery Easton, Faribault County, MN | Memorialised Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery Easton, Faribault County, Minnesota | |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 13 July 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/617018482
https://www.fold3.com/record/84642655-william-m-cusick
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762485?rec=299314186
https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/44-6148-smashing-thru/
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=98013
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83552216/william-millard-cusick
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3380696/william-millard-cusick
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
