William K Davidson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 4 February 1943 in B-17F 42-5060 while serving as Pilot. Mission was to Hamm, May have been shot down about 6 miles east of Den Helder, Holland. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).



Air Medal, Purple Heart

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Den Helder, Netherlands 4 February 1943 Killed when aircraft crashed 6 miles east of Den Helder, Holland. Exact cause not determined as no MACR was issued for this loss. Probably fighter attack.

Born

Houston, Texas

Other

Commemorated

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 29-Jan-2015. Added Decorations, confirmed SN, and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Name, crew position and KIA details correlated with "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added crew position to Biography. No MACR was issued for this loss.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey, p .73-74, WWII National Monument web site, ABMC