Warren H Williams

Military
media-31336.jpeg UPL 31336 Wendell E. Hulcher Crew
388th BG - 563rd BS

Standing Left to Right: Louis G. Osborne (LWG), Robert C. Moore (FE), Raymond R. Preleyko (BTG), Wallace Gross (R/O), Victor Pachter (RWG), Robert W. Miller (TG)

Kneeling Left to Right: Joseph J. Azzarelli (N), Francis A. Dunphy (B), Warren H. Williams (CP), Wendell E. Hulcher (P)

Object Number - UPL 31336 - Wendell E. Hulcher Crew 388th BG - 563rd BS Standing Left to Right: Louis G. Osborne (LWG), Robert C. Moore (FE), Raymond R. Preleyko (BTG),...

From November 1943 to February 1944, Williams completed 26 combat missions with the 388th Bomb Group, serving as co-pilot for Wendell Hulcher on all, but his first mission.



Upon completion of his tour Williams re-trained as a Fighter Pilot, and joined the 4th Fighter Group at Debden from June to November 1944, where he claimed 1 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677750
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Winged Fury
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patty Jo
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Fury
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hulcher's Vultures
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 801st Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

7 October 1924

Enlisted

24 April 1942

Based

388th BG Combat Tour

19 November 1943 - 29 February 1944 388th Bomb Group

Based

12 June 1944 - 10 November 1944 4th Fighter Group

Died

29 November 1993

Buried

1 December 1993 Paradise Cemetery • Paradise, Butte County, California, USA Plot Lutheran, Row A, Plot 22  

Born

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Brought together information from duplicate record to include information drawn the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

Information provided by 4th Fighter Group Association and Williams' 4FG Profile

388th Bomb Group database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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