Willard Morgan was a crew member of a B-17 shot down over Germany in May of 1944.
Information obtained from MACR #4821 (Missing Air Crew Report)
Type of Aircraft: Boeing B-17G
Tail Number: 231361
Nickname of the aircraft: "The Punched Fowl"
Unit: 8th Air Force / 728 HB Squadron / 452nd Heavy Bomber Group / RAF Airfield Deopham Green (Norfolk, England)
Final Mission: Bombardment of Oil Refineries at Brux, Czechoslovakia
Shot down: 12 May 1944 (on 12th May 1944 the 452nd lost more aircraft than any other day during the war). The aircraft exploded during a fighter attack between Koblenz and Frankfurt.
Crash Site: 2km southeast of Ohren, near Limburg, Germany
Crew: 10 total, 6 captured (POWs) four killed (FOD) finding of death:
2nd Lt. Alaxander J. Halbleib, Jr (Pilot) - POW
2nd Lt. Charles H. Shulman (Bombardier) - POW
F/O George B. Kelly (Co-Pilot)- POW
F/O Samuel K. Kniffen (Navigator) - POW
S/Sgt. Edward R. Binkele (Engineer/Top Turret)- POW
S/Sgt. Joseph F. Carr (Radio Operator) - KIA
Sgt. Francis J. Nadar (Ball Turret Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Willard D. Morgan (Left Waist Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Wilbur R. Postlewaite (Right Waist Gunner) - POW
Sgt. Patrick J. McDonough (Tail Gunner) - KIA
Place of Burial: (Initial burial by Germans) Community Cemetery at Ohren. The crew's remains were recovered and relocated to the United States.
Information obtained from MACR #4821 (Missing Air Crew Report)
Type of Aircraft: Boeing B-17G
Tail Number: 231361
Nickname of the aircraft: "The Punched Fowl"
Unit: 8th Air Force / 728 HB Squadron / 452nd Heavy Bomber Group / RAF Airfield Deopham Green (Norfolk, England)
Final Mission: Bombardment of Oil Refineries at Brux, Czechoslovakia
Shot down: 12 May 1944 (on 12th May 1944 the 452nd lost more aircraft than any other day during the war). The aircraft exploded during a fighter attack between Koblenz and Frankfurt.
Crash Site: 2km southeast of Ohren, near Limburg, Germany
Crew: 10 total, 6 captured (POWs) four killed (FOD) finding of death:
2nd Lt. Alaxander J. Halbleib, Jr (Pilot) - POW
2nd Lt. Charles H. Shulman (Bombardier) - POW
F/O George B. Kelly (Co-Pilot)- POW
F/O Samuel K. Kniffen (Navigator) - POW
S/Sgt. Edward R. Binkele (Engineer/Top Turret)- POW
S/Sgt. Joseph F. Carr (Radio Operator) - KIA
Sgt. Francis J. Nadar (Ball Turret Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Willard D. Morgan (Left Waist Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Wilbur R. Postlewaite (Right Waist Gunner) - POW
Sgt. Patrick J. McDonough (Tail Gunner) - KIA
Place of Burial: (Initial burial by Germans) Community Cemetery at Ohren. The crew's remains were recovered and relocated to the United States.
Willard Morgan was a crew member of a B-17 shot down over Germany in May of 1944.
Information obtained from MACR #4821 (Missing Air Crew Report)
Type of Aircraft: Boeing B-17G
Tail Number: 231361
Nickname of the aircraft: "The Punched Fowl"
Unit: 8th Air Force / 728 HB Squadron / 452nd Heavy Bomber Group / RAF Airfield Deopham Green (Norfolk, England)
Final Mission: Bombardment of Oil Refineries at Brux, Czechoslovakia
Shot down: 12 May 1944 (on 12th May 1944 the 452nd lost more aircraft than any other day during the war). The aircraft exploded during a fighter attack between Koblenz and Frankfurt.
Crash Site: 2km southeast of Ohren, near Limburg, Germany
Crew: 10 total, 6 captured (POWs) four killed (FOD) finding of death:
2nd Lt. Alaxander J. Halbleib, Jr (Pilot) - POW
2nd Lt. Charles H. Shulman (Bombardier) - POW
F/O George B. Kelly (Co-Pilot)- POW
F/O Samuel K. Kniffen (Navigator) - POW
S/Sgt. Edward R. Binkele (Engineer/Top Turret)- POW
S/Sgt. Joseph F. Carr (Radio Operator) - KIA
Sgt. Francis J. Nadar (Ball Turret Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Willard D. Morgan (Left Waist Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Wilbur R. Postlewaite (Right Waist Gunner) - POW
Sgt. Patrick J. McDonough (Tail Gunner) - KIA
Place of Burial: (Initial burial by Germans) Community Cemetery at Ohren. The crew's remains were recovered and relocated to the United States.
Information obtained from MACR #4821 (Missing Air Crew Report)
Type of Aircraft: Boeing B-17G
Tail Number: 231361
Nickname of the aircraft: "The Punched Fowl"
Unit: 8th Air Force / 728 HB Squadron / 452nd Heavy Bomber Group / RAF Airfield Deopham Green (Norfolk, England)
Final Mission: Bombardment of Oil Refineries at Brux, Czechoslovakia
Shot down: 12 May 1944 (on 12th May 1944 the 452nd lost more aircraft than any other day during the war). The aircraft exploded during a fighter attack between Koblenz and Frankfurt.
Crash Site: 2km southeast of Ohren, near Limburg, Germany
Crew: 10 total, 6 captured (POWs) four killed (FOD) finding of death:
2nd Lt. Alaxander J. Halbleib, Jr (Pilot) - POW
2nd Lt. Charles H. Shulman (Bombardier) - POW
F/O George B. Kelly (Co-Pilot)- POW
F/O Samuel K. Kniffen (Navigator) - POW
S/Sgt. Edward R. Binkele (Engineer/Top Turret)- POW
S/Sgt. Joseph F. Carr (Radio Operator) - KIA
Sgt. Francis J. Nadar (Ball Turret Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Willard D. Morgan (Left Waist Gunner) - KIA
Sgt. Wilbur R. Postlewaite (Right Waist Gunner) - POW
Sgt. Patrick J. McDonough (Tail Gunner) - KIA
Place of Burial: (Initial burial by Germans) Community Cemetery at Ohren. The crew's remains were recovered and relocated to the United States.
Gravesite Details
WILLARD D MORGAN, GEORGIA, 452 AAF BOMB GP, WORLD WAR II, JULY 21, 1916 - MAY 12, 1944
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