William C Graddy
MilitaryShot down in B-17F #41-24479 'Sad Sack' while serving as Tail Gunner. Aircraft was seen to feather #2 engine and turn back towards base. 30 miles off the English coast the aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. No traces of the aircraft or crew were ever found.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 23 November 1942 | Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel. His remains were never recovered. |
Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. | |
Other Entered service |
West Virginia, USA |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Last name is GRADDY as confirmed on MACR 16273. An amendment to Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database which spelt his surname 'Grady'.
ABMC record: http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…
Lee Cunningham 30-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16273; added Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.
Lee Cunningham 5-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16273; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).