William Burtle Mayne
MilitaryHit by flak after falling out of formation on the return flight from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-38177 'Shack Rabbits' crashed N of Nordham, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbits
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
6 March 1944 | ||
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Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | ||
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Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 |
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Sources
ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3091 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database