William G Lynn Jr
MilitaryFirst American airman of the Eighth Air Force who went down while flying in RAF Boston over occupied territory. Mission was to Holland and was first mission from England for the 8th AAF. This happened on 4 July 1942 and we have no record of his MACR Killed in Action (KIA)/On 4 July 1942 t/o 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Unit: 15th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 July 1942
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands | Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot B, Row 5, Grave 10. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Oct-2014, Service number and burial location from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records.
Lee Cunningham, 17-Oct-2014, Service number from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / History, The Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron. Eighth Air Force/Losses of the 8th & 9th