William Patrick Duggan
Military ROLL OF HONOURTail gunner/Observer, Hendricks crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30012. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 887. The aircraft left formation with #1 engine smoking and was attacked by fighters, knocking out #2 and #3 engines. The aircraft exploded as it crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge AMC.
Butte, Montana
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11090387
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790309
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32270343
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-663822
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Butte, Montana | 21 December 1920 | |
Died |
9 October 1943 | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
Updated the Born event and the middle name and Added a cemetery to the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56289352.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289352/william-patrick-duggan
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 887 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia