William F Tanner
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 390 - P-51 Mustang, LH-O, serial number 44-72212, of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 1944-1945. This aircraft was flown by Captain William...
Flew on 'Prudence 7th' While escorting a crippled B-17 December 5 1944 over Berlin at 500ft he was bounced by a group of FW 190s. The B-17 was shot down, Tanner was credited with one FW destroyed and one damaged. On 26 March 1945 the squadron suffered 7 aborts due to icy conditions; Tanner was one on them, having to exit the plane - suffering only minor injuries- which crashed at Shalford near Braintree.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
Revisions
AccidentReports.com;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
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