William Daniel O'Malley Jr

Military
media-50547.jpeg UPL 50547 "Lt. Ferguson's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 12 March 1945."

Rear L-R: Joseph Alexander Heustess Jr, Michael J Brennan Jr, Harry Gray, William D O'Malley Jr, Byron O Young, Harry I Mazer
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Front L-R: Allan H Ferguson Jr, John F Schmid, Howard U Feldman.

Corrected spelling of Harry Gray’s name and added connection

Object Number - UPL 50547 - "Lt. Ferguson's crew of the 8th AF's 398th Bomb Group by their B-17 at their base in England, 12 March 1945." Rear L-R: Joseph Alexander Heustess...

Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen in B-17 42-97266 25-Apr-45; hit by flak over target area. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 14224



Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-778761
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Godfathers inc.
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 28 February 1925 Son of William D Sr and Pauline C O'Malley.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 25 April 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Marched into Austria, never made it to a POW camp, before wars end.

Other

Baled out POW

Pilsen, Czech 25 April 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen in B-17 42-97266 25-Apr-45; hit by flak over target area. POW MACR 14224

Died

7 July 2019

Buried

Windridge Memorial Park and Nature Sanctuary Cary, McHenry County, IL 11 July 2019 Windridge Memorial Park and Nature Sanctuary Cary, McHenry County, Illinois

Based

Nuthampstead 25 April 1945 Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14224 / MACR 14224, mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Leonard Streitfeld pp.185 & 193 picture p. 187 and 398th BG

web site.  Also in 398th History. / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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