William H Kane

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. Insignia is pinned on jacket lapels. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling slightly UPL 60639 UPL 60639 William H. Kane, 748th BS, 458th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60639 - William H. Kane, 748th BS, 458th BG

Killed in Action (KIA) 20 June 1944 in B-17 #42-31615. Shot down at Hamburg.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31615

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snafusk Shamrock, Swedish Shamrock
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

20 June 1944

Born

Long Island, New York, USA

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands, H 15 7

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 20 June 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/officers-and-enlisted-men-portraits/

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 6003, ABMC / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6003 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. Insignia is pinned on jacket lapels. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling slightly

Object number: UPL 60639 - William H. Kane, 748th BS, 458th BG