William Dunwoody
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Paul L Facteau
Military
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Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG) Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG) This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16126
Awards: PH.
Service
People
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Leslie Lennox
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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James Taylor
Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Crashed at Wernenchen on 3 Feb 45 in B-17 #43-38899, Prisoner of War (POW).
Units served with
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
336th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-106993 'Pretty Baby'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 22/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P/W] Horham 13/3/44; with J. M. Bastion; Co-pilot Frank Puckett Barbour; force landed France 22/6/44; with J.E. Hamilton force landed RAF Bentwaters, Sfk 6/10/44;121m... -
42-31867 'Go Getter'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; with Wilmot Chamberlain force landed Morrison, FL 31/1/44; Memphis 19/4/44; Kansas City 20/4/44; Kearney 24/4/44; Presque Is 28/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-P] Horham 2/5/44; battle damaged... -
42-97844
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-R] Horham 20/4/44; with Glovik 7/10/44, Waist gunner: Chas Buda KIA; 97m, Missing in Action Frankfurt 9/3/45 with Bill Durant (Ouratt?), Co-pilot: Dwight King, Navigator... -
43-38106 Starduster
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 26/6/44; Hunter 15/7/44; Grenier 23/7/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-E] Horham 25/7/44; with J.L. Walker force landed Paris, Fr. 5/9/44;81m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 27/6/45;... -
43-38469
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-U] Horham 5/9/44; with T.C. Gibson force landed A-81 airfield on continent 20/5/45; 82m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6... -
43-38676
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 1/9/44; Hunter 20/9/44; Dow Fd 25/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-V] Horham 28/9/44; 51m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 23/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA... -
44-8272
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Dallas 27/7/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 1377 AAF Base Unit detailed UK, via Goose Bay, Lab.; on 3/9/44 with Joe Arwood, Co-pilot: Walt Johnson, Navigator: Bill Fowler, Bombardier: Clarry Counsell, Flight engineer/top turret... -
44-8604 Section Eight
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Lincoln 31/10/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Dow Fd 15/12/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-X] Horham 17/12/44;with Bill Dunwoody force landed B-53 Merville Afd, Bel. 19/3/45; battle damaged Holzwickede 23/3/45 with Bill Dunwoody, Co-pilot: M. Burrows,...
Missions
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731
30 November 1944
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734
2 December 1944
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736
4 December 1944
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738
5 December 1944
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745
10 December 1944
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748
12 December 1944
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8th Air Force 760
24 December 1944
1. Decision. ... -
761
25 December 1944
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764
27 December 1944
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766
28 December 1944
Associated Place
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group.... -
Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Tupper Lake, NY, USA | 18 August 1924 |
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Son of Henry H and Rosetta Facteau. |
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| Lived in | New York, NY, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | New York, NY, USA | 30 November 1942 |
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New York City, New York |
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| Enlisted | Horham | 30 November 1944 – 23 March 1945 |
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Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Campsea Ashe, Woodbridge IP13, UK | 23 March 1945 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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| Buried | 28 July 1948 | |
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Re-Interred |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 January 2021 19:35:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, events and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/30087437 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 August 2020 23:45:51 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61667&h=3051470... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 March 2020 16:47:13 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 November 2016 20:08:11 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/30087437 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:15 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php |
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