William Arthur Toles

Military
media-43095.jpeg UPL 43095 The image is of a TB-17F- 40/45- VE, "Argonaut II" which is not to be confused with the B-17F-70-BO.

The B-17 was not part of the 351st Bomb Group, 508th Bomb Squadron, however the crew shown here was the Barry crew, assigned to the 388th BG, 562nd BS. It is presumed this photo was taken in the U.S., around March 1943, though that has not yet been confirmed.
Personnel from the Barry Crew 388th BG/562ndBS: Robert A. Barry (pilot), K.L. Crider (copilot), A. Freed (navigator), W.H. Menger (bombardier), G.K. Hoyt (radio op), W.A. Toles (engineer), RL Barger (ball turret), H.W. Cooper (right waist), H.G. Hampton (left waist), S. Paul (tail gunner).

FLYING FORTRESS 1936- 1945; MARCHESE documents these TB-17F-VE.

Object Number - UPL 43095 - The image is of a TB-17F- 40/45- VE, "Argonaut II" which is not to be confused with the B-17F-70-BO. The B-17 was not part of the 351st Bomb...

Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

 

Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-107198

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Agra, Oklahoma 2 October 1923 BornAgra, Oklahoma

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth Kansas 14 December 1942 EnlistedFort Leavenworth Kansas

Other

Discharged

26 September 1945

Died

Wichita, Kansas 15 June 1989 DiedWichita, Kansas

Buried

Resthaven Gardens of Memory Wichita, Kansas 18 June 1989 InterredResthaven Gardens of MemoryWichita, Kansas

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/612676345

https://www.fold3.com/record/76896520/william-a-toles-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/84691054/william-a-toles-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.fold3.com/record/704333421/toles-william-a-us-wwii-hospital-admission-card-files-1942-1954

https://www.fold3.com/record/621740015/william-toles-1923-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150691041/william-a-toles

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/146930748?objectPage=676

 

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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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Object number: UPL 43095 - The image is of a TB-17F- 40/45- VE, "Argonaut II"...