William Brewster Morgan
Military
Object Number - UPL 18025 - 1st Lt William Brewster Morgan, 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF, USAAF former 71 Eagle Sqn RAF.
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, OTU training,
assigned 71S, credited damaged Fw190 2-10-42, transferred to 336th FS 4th FG,
shot down Bf109 21-5-43, shot down baled out, crashed into North Sea on 21 May 43 in P-47 42-8644 'N-Lilliput'. Hospitalized in Brussels for weeks before being sent to POW camp. Prisoner of War (POW).
AM, PH, POW Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 368th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 397th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lilliput
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 23rd Fighter Squadron 334th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lilliput
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Mespotamia
- Unit: 31st Transport Group No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 May 1943
- Date: 2 October 1942
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born Prisoner of War (POW) |
Honolulu, HI, USA | 30 July 1917 | Born 30 July 1917 Honolulu, HI, USA. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 15 September 1942 | Transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 15-9-42. |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Saint-Omer, France | 2 October 1942 | On Circus 221, credited a damaged Fw190 2-10-42. |
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Other E/A kill |
Ostend, Belgium | 21 May 1943 | Shot down Bf109 21-5-43. Ostend/Ghent Area. |
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Other Shot down by E/A |
North Sea | 21 May 1943 | Shot down WIA and baled out, crashed into North Sea on 21 May 43 in P-47 42-8644 'N-Lilliput'. |
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Other Hospitalised |
Brussels, Belgium | 21 May 1943 - 11 June 1943 | Hospitalised under guard in Brussels for weeks before being sent to POW camp. |
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Other Prison Of War POW |
Stalag Luft III Zagan, Poland | 11 June 1943 | Prison Of War POW. Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Kaneohe, HI, USA | 1 July 1994 | Died 1 July 1994 Kaneohe, HI, USA. |
| Honolulu, HI, USA | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. | ||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
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Other Assigned |
Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Suffolk, UK | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Transferred to 336th FS, 4th FG. | |
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Other Post War |
Hawaii, USA | Post War Career - Successful career in the insurance industry in Hawaii. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3601
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_m…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3601
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_m…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop & Hey p. 132 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
