William E Black

Military

Damaged by flak and ditched in North Sea on 7/7/44 in B-17 #4237859 RTD Also shot down by flak and crashed at Walheim on 8/9/44 Prisoner of War (POW) in B-17 #4232093

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Mount Ida, Arkansas

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000/   lst MACR no number 2nd MACR 7392; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 316