William Michael Doyle

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany, on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 February 1944 in B-17G #42-31338 'Hard To Get'. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39037657
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13119841
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32380253
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16088149
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16033384
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hard To Get
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

26 June 1915 Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

Enlisted

9 April 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

10 February 1944 Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany

Buried

11 February 1944 in the Kemme cemetery
Chicago, Illinois

Buried

after the war his remains were brought to a Temporary American Cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium

Buried

William Doyle’s remains were repatriated to the USA and they rest in a common grave with Roy Morris and John Nightingale at the Rock Island National Cemetery in Rock Island, Illinois

Revisions

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MACR 2540
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2540 / MACR 2540, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database