William Goldie MacNab

Military

Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Suffered mid air collision with B-17 #42-31987 and killed either in initial collision or resultant crash, as both A/C became locked together. Crashed Rustringen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8174/11550.



Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.

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Francis Joseph Seyfried

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12122700
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Nelson Bentley Vaughan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19999756 / O-771163
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Edward Lester Woodall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34854473
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Born

Wasco, Oregon, USA 7 October 1923 Son of Ronald Stuart and Wilhelmena 'Minnie' Edith [Beechey] MacNab.

Enlisted

Portland, OR, USA 24 November 1942 Portland, Oregon

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kleingärtnerverein Rüstringen e.V., Neuengrodener Weg 50, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany 31 December 1944 Suffered mid air collision with B-17 42-31987 and killed either in initial collision or resultant crash, as both A/C became locked together. Crashed Rustringen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8174/11550.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Liege, Belgium

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MACR 11359 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database