William F Price
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back row, left to right: ? Wilkins, Lt. Frederick Scolaro, Lt. Erwin J Bevins, Lt. Norris L Winn, Lt. William F Price, Clifford A Wheatley.
Front row, left to right: Eugene A Hoffman, Lewis C Johnson, Angelo L Papali, John J Keating.
correction
Object Number - UPL 27845 - Lt. Norris Winn's crew. Dec, 1943. Back row, left to right: ? Wilkins, Lt. Frederick Scolaro, Lt. Erwin J Bevins, Lt. Norris L Winn, Lt....
On 18 October 1944 B-24 Liberator serial number 42-50347 was flying from Greencastle, Ireland to Tibenham on a familiarisation flight over Britain. Onboard were 24 replacement crewmen who had been sent to the 445th Bomb Group after the unit had suffered heavy losses on the Kassel mission in September that year.
During the flight the B-24 broke up in mid-air over Birkenhead and all 24 men on board were killed when it crashed near Landican. The cause of the accident was never officially determined, though a fuel leak was cited as a possible factor.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
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Died |
18 October 1944 | ||
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Born |
New York State | ||
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Buried |
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Other |
Originally with Lt. Norris Winn's crew. |
Revisions
Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124, ABMC, 2AD Honor Roll / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
