Military
William G. Kincaid, trumpeter, with his Army Air Corps band buddies in Florida at Tyndall Field.
97th Bomb Group B17 at Foggia which was the plane William G. Kincaid flew on. "43-924"? Tail numbers are not clear.
Christmas card and back of post card from the 97th
Christmas card and front of post card from the 97th
Back of separation record of Wm. G. Kincaid
Front of separation record of Wm. G. Kincaid
Born in Huntington WV, although once he was out of Huntington he expressed a desire to not return.
Pops grew up hanging around his father's car dealership. He also earned a single engine pilot's license as a young man.
Bill Kincaid left Marshall College in 1942, and later moved to Chicago where he got married and worked in a machine shop. He found himself drafted into the Marine Corps in late 1943, and strategically enlisted in the Army Air Corps before the date he was supposed to show up to be enlisted as a Marine.
Bill was in the 97th Bomber Group, and flew in a B17. He went to a base in England to Foggia, Italy, and then got to go home after he'd done his mandatory number of combat missions. Bill then went to Tyndall Field where he became an instructor on the weaponry of the B24 aircraft - although he always contended the B17 was a better plane. He was a musician at heart and best enjoyed his opportunities to play jazz trumpet with Special Services. Serving as the base bugler, Bill had to get up a little early but could crawl back into bed after waking everyone else up with "Revielle". He never talked much about his military service other than descriptions of the makeshift comforts of his tent at the base in Foggia, and an Italian POW who helped him keep an old scooter running for trips around the base.
All Bill ever wanted out of the Air Corps was, in his words, his "ass in one piece". He got that and lived until 1996.
Group
The 97th Bomb Group flew the Eighth Air Force's first heavy bomber mission from the UK when they bombed a marshalling yard at Rouen on 17 August 1942. Just a month later though the Group were reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force and left England for the...
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| 26 November 2021 16:53:06 | BKincaid | Changes to media associations |
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From the few personal wartime photos saved by William G. Kincaid. |
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| 26 November 2021 16:43:47 | BKincaid | Changes to media associations |
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William G. Kincaid did not talk much about the war or keep many photos, so the few he kept were evidently important to him. |
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| 04 August 2021 01:54:44 | BKincaid | Changes to biography |
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Bill Kincaid was my father. |
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| 04 August 2021 01:34:15 | BKincaid | Changes to unit associations and place associations |
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Bill Kincaid was my father and I have the records of his service during WWII. |
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| 04 August 2021 01:25:32 | BKincaid | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role and biography |
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Bill Kincaid was my father, and like many of his generation, not a big talker, but he at least kept his Army Air Corps paperwork so we could learn a little something about his military service. |
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