Delano Eugene Williams

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down on night mission to Frankfurt on 4/5 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3091. Crashed near Gross-Karben, 20km NE of Frankfurt, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3091

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 422nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mountainville, Orange County, New York 18 May 1924

Enlisted

5 February 1943 Hartford, Connecticut

Other

Killed In Action (KIA)

4 October 1943 in the loss of B-17#42-3091

Buried

6 October 1943 at the Gross-Karben cemetery, 20km NE of Frankfurt, Germany
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial after the war, his remains were brought to Belgium. Delano Williams rests at Plot B, Row 37, Grave 27

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MACR 785
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
ABMC website

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 785