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Lieut William Kenneth “Willy” Aunspaugh
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Lieut William Kenneth “Willy” Aunspaugh Veteran

Birth
Custer County, Nebraska, USA
Death
30 Dec 1943 (aged 24)
Isle of Wight, England
Monument
Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Add to Map
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William K. Aunspaugh
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-683803
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Gothenburg Nebraska
Died: 30-Dec-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea

Bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortress named "My Day". Ditched into the English Channel off the coast of Isle of Wight England after being damaged on a bombing mission in Germany. 6 of the 10 crew members were not rescued from the icy waters.

Contributor:

Jim Easom - [email protected]
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
William K. Aunspaugh
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-683803
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy
Entered the Service from: Gothenburg Nebraska
Died: 30-Dec-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea

Bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortress named "My Day". Ditched into the English Channel off the coast of Isle of Wight England after being damaged on a bombing mission in Germany. 6 of the 10 crew members were not rescued from the icy waters.

Contributor:

Jim Easom - [email protected]
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Nebraska.



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  • Maintained by: Loren Bender
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287459/william_kenneth-aunspaugh: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut William Kenneth “Willy” Aunspaugh (13 Mar 1919–30 Dec 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56287459, citing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England; Maintained by Loren Bender (contributor 47060026).