Pat McCamy Williams
Military ROLL OF HONOURIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-47 42-7946 on fighter sweep in Dunkirk area. His aircraft was seen to make a half roll at 30,000ft and enter a steep dive. Repeated calls from other pilots received no response and it is possible oxygen failure was the reason for his loss. Crashed at Moorsele, Belgium. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Polk County, TN | 4 January 1921 | Son of Casimir Pulaski 'C.P.' and Annie George [McCamy] Williams. |
Died |
31 May 1943 | ||
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial | Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France Plot B, Row 17, Grave 31 | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Boxted | 31 May 1943 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Old Ocoee Cemetery Benton, Polk County, TN | Memorialised Old Ocoee Cemetery Benton, Polk County, Tennessee |
Revisions
Combat Chronology, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 138 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list