William E Murphy

Military

Killed in Action (KIA)/On 4 July 1942. Take off from Swanton Morley at 0714 hrs. Shot down by flak and broke up in air north of Bergen-aan-Zee, Holland.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 301st Bomb Group with their A-20 Havoc after being awarded medals. From left to right, they are Sergeant B.B. Cunningham of Tupelo, Missouri; Sergeant R.L. Golay of Fredonia, Kansas; Second Lieutenant M. Dorton of Long Beach; and Major Charles C. Kegelman. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 11 Jul 1942.' [stamp], 'Not to be published until 12/7/42.' [stamp], 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], 'USA (NIR)CCC.' [written annotation] and '209807.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on rev
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 15th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Buried

Bergen, The Netherlands 4 July 1942 Buried in the Allied Plot of the general cemetery of Bergen, Netherlands.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bergen, The Netherlands 4 July 1942 Shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 12-Nov-2014. Clarification of event locations

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 17-Oct-2014 Burial location of Staff Sergeant Murphy from "Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop and John A. Hey MBE.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th