William Oakes Antonides

Military
media-49534.jpeg UPL 49534 1st Lt William O. Antonides, 4FG

Object Number - UPL 49534 - 1st Lt William O. Antonides, 4FG

Lt Antonides, who came from Glenwood Springs, Colorado, was assigned to the 334th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group in February 1945. He took part in twenty two missions during his time at Debden, accounting for a total of seven enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground - five in one day!



With the air war rapidly coming to a close, he did not get any more chances of combat, and was transferred to the 10th Air Depot.



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Skippy
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 435th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Denver, CO 18 November 1922

Enlisted

Denver, CO, USA 28 September 1942 Denver, Colorado

Other

Crashed

Cawker City, KS 67430, USA 4 January 1945 Forced Landing out of Fuel 3 miles SW Cawker City KS Cat L damage, pilot Lt Ralph L Antonides, 4-Jan-45. P-63A 42-69481 - 264AAFBU 2AF.

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK 5 February 1945 - 15 September 1945 Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Debden, Saffron Walden CB11, UK 18 June 1945 Landing accident in P-51 44-14436 Debden/Sta 356 Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt William O Antonides, 18-Jun-45. 334FS 4FG 8AF.

Other

Transferred

Chilbolton, Stockbridge SO20, UK 15 September 1945 Transferred to 10th Air Depot, 9AF USAAF.

Died

Glenwood Springs, CO 19 October 1978
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, USA

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- '1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr.;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
Contributorapollo11
Changes
Sources

Personal research & 'Eighty-One Aces of the 4th Fighter Group' by Frank Speer

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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