William P England
Military
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SSgt William England. Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS.
Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book project ABMC American Cemeteries website
Photo courtesy of the USAAF Class Book project ABMC American Cemeteries website
USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries website
ETTG, Sunde crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31097 'Mission Belle'. Mission #46 to the chemical factory at Leverkusen, Germany. MACR 1661. Prisoner of War at Stalag IXc and Luft 1.
Texas
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39542283
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17001123 and T-61036
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19091089 and O-749108
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14106899 and O-685892
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Texas, United States | 15 October 1910 | |
Enlisted |
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | 12 October 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 1 December 1943 | NARA WWII POW database : interned at Stalag Luft 9C Bad Sulza, Germany. Note : http://www.merkki.com/mccrackenjack.htm lists him in Stalag Luft 1 - North 3 Compound - Barracks 4 (Block 304) - Room 13. |
Died |
Des Moines, Iowa, United States | 21 February 1958 | |
Buried |
Fort Des Moines Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa, United States |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1661 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database