William McPherson
Military | Captain | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30135 'Trouble Shooter. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Harold Olen Lansberry
Military
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Harold Olen and Jean Dorothy Lansberry.
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. William McPherson crew. 24 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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William Thomas
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. ...
Units served with
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
334th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30135 Trouble Shooter
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Presque Is 10/5/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-N] Polebrook 26/5/43. Transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 16/6/43. ... -
42-31329
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Memphis 10/11/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 15/11/43; with Glen Infield force landed RAF Manston 4/3/44; 25m, Missing in Action Augsburg 16/3/44 with Jim Reed, Co-pilot: Maj Noel Strader,... -
42-31924 'Ol' Dog'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 5/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Presque Is 29/1/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-Q] Horham 2/2/44; over Berlin 18/4/44 with A.V. Bowden,Tail gunner: Elbert E. Hargraves (Killed in Action). Flew 41 missions. Missing in Action Leipzig 29/5/44 with... -
42-39924 'Tornado'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 9/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-N] Horham 12/11/43; with P.L. Huie force landed Rattlesden AFB 10/2/44, (crew OK); 52m, Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Bill Sheehan, Co-pilot: Chas Beck, Navigator: Vic...
Associated Place
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
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| Born | Woodland, PA | 17 February 1923 |
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Son of Howard O and Vera E Lansberry. |
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| Enlisted | Altoona, PA | 28 January 1943 |
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Altoona, Pennsylvania |
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| Based | Horham | July 1943 – March 1944 |
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Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 14 October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Grand Island, NY | 19 June 2009 |
| Buried | Whitehaven Cemetery Grand Island, Erie County, NY | 22 June 2009 |
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Whitehaven Cemetery |
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