William Aaron
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 09/27/44 Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission and crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 09/27/44 Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down on Kassel mission crashed at Krauthausen in B-24 #42-51355
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 445th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24 #42-51355
Group
The 445th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Tibenham, Norfolk. The crews' first mission was bombing U-boat installations at Kiel on 13 December 1943. The Group continued to hit strategic targets in Germany, including the aircraft components factory...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
27 September 1944
This mission is conducted by three elements against industrial targets, an oil refinery and an aircraft factory in Germany. A total of 1,192 heavy bombers are dispatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bomb Divisions:
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Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Helena, Montana, USA | |
Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 27 September 1944 |
Died | 27 September 1944 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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06 January 2020 02:50:52 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography and unit associations |
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Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography". |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:19:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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2AD Roll of Honor MACR 9393 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9393 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |