William Stewart Duree

Military

Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Edward Komurka, Edmund Barraclough, Horace Beyette crews. ETD

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Edmund Lee Barraclough

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39679645 / O-54429
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Horace Hall Beyette

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19056985 / O-742940
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Edward Jacob Komurka

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16058553 / O-737970
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30634

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Liberty Belle
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

42-3273

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Horham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Ottumwa, IA	28 June 1920	Son of Arthur and Lulu Duree.
Enlisted		2 January 1943
Other Discharged USAAF		14 October 1945	Honourable discharge.
Buried	Ottumwa Cemetery Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA	16 May 1997	Ottumwa Cemetery Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa
Born
Based	Horham		Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.
Based	Horham		Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date29 Jul 2021 05:20:00

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/101491474
https://www.fold3.com/image/647723362
https://www.fold3.com/record/64664519/william-s-duree-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/620230564/william-duree-1920-veterans-affa…
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/1798
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79214948/william-s-duree

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:43

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php