William A Reynolds
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Photo is provided by the family of Capt Reynolds.
Object Number - UPL 60695 - Photo of Captain William A. Reynolds taken during flight training approximately 1942.
Killed in Action (KIA) Crashed near Gera in B-17 #4297634.
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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: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron 710th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: Rattlesden Control Tower
- Site type: Memorial
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hastings, Oklahoma, USA | 11 July 1919 - 11 July 1919 | William Arthur "Art" Reynolds was born in Hastings, Oklahoma. |
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Married |
5 October 1940 | ||
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Died |
2 November 1944 - 2 November 1944 | Capt Reynolds died flying a mission over Mersberg, Germany, 2 November, 1944. His plane crashed near Schladebach, Germany. | |
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Training Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Brooks Field |
Capt Reynolds earned his pilot's wings on 29 May 1941. He was in Section II, 1st Echelon, Flight 5. | ||
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Buried |
Capt Reynolds was originally buried in the Grand Failly Cemetery in France. He was removed from that cemetery in 1948 and returned to his family in 1948. He is now buried in Walters, Oklahoma. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10164 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945 MACR 10164
