William F Doerner

Military

Completed 25 missions; credited for destroying 2 enemy aircrafts (ME 109 & Macchi 202) whil on an operational mission over Foggia, Italy on 16 August 1943.



AM w/5 Oak Leaf Cluster; Distinguished Unit Citation, DFC w/Oak Leaf Cluster; EAME w/5 Bronze Stars; GC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.

93rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator of the 466th Bomb Group used as a flight assembly ship. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 Leaders ship.'

41-24109

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ready & Willing, Silver Streak
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio 21 June 1923

Revisions

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Sources

Ploesti Sortie Reports, 93rd Bomb Group

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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 & page 250 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45