William Earnest Fowler
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Page 3 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.
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Killed in Action (KIA) at Graft in B-24 #42110188
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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
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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44038_12_0…
"Attlebridge Arsenal" - Brassfield & Wassomn
page 142
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12220