William H Minton

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-30746.jpeg UPL 30746 Staff Sergeant William H. Minton, 305th BG, 366th BS. KIA 29 March, 1944

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Object Number - UPL 30746 - Staff Sergeant William H. Minton, 305th BG, 366th BS. KIA 29 March, 1944

Shot down by fighters and crashed N of the target on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38106. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

William A Bracken

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner

Gerald H Gannon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11105443
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Jerome J Helmer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

John J Sheppard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12155930
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Thomas N Stanford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-38106

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Born

Lexington, Kentucky, USA 7 September 0922

Died

29 March 1944

Buried

Lexington, Kentucky

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 29 March 1944

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Family personal portrait

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3476 / MACR 3476, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 30746 - Staff Sergeant William H. Minton, 305th BG, 366th...