William F Archer
Military ROLL OF HONOURDied of Injuries (DOI) B-26C 41-34709 323BG/453BS while serving as Engineer.Gunner. The crashed near Great Barton, Suffolk due to poor weather and engine failure at low altitude on 11 Sep 1943 while on return from mission to Deaumont-Le-Roger. Sergeant Archer died of injuries next day.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Died of Injuries |
Great Barton, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 12 September 1943 | Died from injuries sustained when aircraft had engine failure at low altitude and crashed upon retunr from mission to Beaumount-Le-Roger, France. No burial record was located. |
Born |
Alabama |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 6-Jun-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission wihtin existing website data; Added DOI event and edited Summary Biography with DOI, A/C model, Unit and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Combat Chronology,WWII memorial, Losses of 8th AF / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia