William R Thorpe

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down by fighters and crashed E of Qukenbruck, GR on a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-30278 'Sly Fox'. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sly Fox
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 385th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron 550th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 March 1944

Born

Centerdale, Rhode Island, USA

Buried

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3016 / MACR 3016, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database