William John Fay

Military

media-14235.jpeg UPL 14235 St Sgt William J Fay crew member of B-24 of #4240663 'Maternity Ward' lost on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, shot down by enemy fighters over Ionian Sea on return flight. Pilot John V Ward. 8 MIA/KIA 2 POW. MACR 224.

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Object Number - UPL 14235 - St Sgt William J Fay crew member of B-24 of #4240663 'Maternity Ward' lost on 1st Aug 43 Ploesti raid, shot down by enemy fighters over Ionian Sea on...

Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Crew member of B-24 42-40663 'Maternity Ward' lost on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, shot down by enemy fighters over Ionian Sea on return flight. Pilot John V Ward. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 224.

Awards: DFC (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

345th Bomb Squadron

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

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40663

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Maternity Ward
Unit: Ninth Air Force

Missions

Operation Tidal Wave

Date: 1 August 1943
Official Description:

Places

Benina

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Soluch Airfield

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Minneapolis, MN	11 April 1921	Son of Edward and Evelyn [Matysiak] Fahey. NoK: Sister Marie Therese Faye.
Enlisted	Minneapolis, MN	5 July 1942
Died	Ionian Sea	1 August 1943	Crew member of B-24 42-40663 'Maternity Ward' lost on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti raid, shot down by enemy fighters over Ionian Sea on return flight. Pilot John V Ward. 8 MIA/KIA 2 POW. MACR 224.
Based Assigned	Benina	1 August 1943	Assigned to 345BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF.
	Minneapolis, MN, USA
Buried	Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial		Tablets of the Missing Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
Other Training	Harlingen AAF, TX		Training - Harlingen AAF, Texas