William P Dry

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Ditched in North Sea on 7/7/44 in B-17 42-37859. RTD.

On 8/9/44 crashed at Walheim in B-17 42-32093 Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-32093

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big barn smell
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

42-37859

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Killed in action

9 August 1944

Born

Lead, South Dakota

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 7392 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1st MACR No #  2nd MACR 7392; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 316 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia