William Earnest Fowler

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13414.jpeg UPL 13414 Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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Object Number - UPL 13414 - Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

Killed in Action (KIA) at Graft in B-24 #42110188

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2000270
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 786th Bomb Squadron 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Minooky
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Aberdeen, SD 57401, USA 24 November 1923

Other

466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge Airfield, UK 5 September 1944 - 6 February 1945 Shot down on the crew's 26th mission

Died

Graft, 30419 Hannover, Germany 6 February 1945 a/c was hit by four flak bursts. The two waist gunners and the tail gunner were seriously injured and were either dead or dying. Fowler, who evidently had not been injured, went down with the a/c while attempting to get the other injured gunners out of the plane.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot A Row 27 Grave 19 Ardennes American Cemetery

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44038_12_0…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassomn
page 142

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12220

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