William John Mowat

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Pilot. Killed in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in AC #42-51532. 'Hot Rock'

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Earl Burton Groves

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32581359
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Sylvester Vincent Lello

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31145800
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner

Theodore John Myers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

John Benjamin Neher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37722061
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Frank Thomas Plesa

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37722733
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-51532

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hot Rock
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 446th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron 705th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

15 March 1921 Akron, Ohio

Enlisted

16 June 1942 Jacksonville, Florida

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 27 September 1944

Buried

27 September 1944 at the Waldfriedhof in Waldeck, Thuringe, Germany
Lynn Haven, Bay County, Florida

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought back to the USA. William Mowat rests at Arlington, in a common grave, with Sylvester Lello, John Spingler and Orville Smets

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https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/49261567/william-j-mowat

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card

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Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124, MACR 9572, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9572 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database