William served as a Staff Sergeant & Waist Gunner on B-24J "Edith" #44-48789, 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in North Carolina prior to the war.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24J, while on a mission to bomb the Isarca Flack Alze railroad bridge in northern, Italy was hit by enemy flak and crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on November 17, 1949.
Service # 14153851
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-48789:
Barnousky, John F, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, PA
Belt, John N, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MO
Burnette, William J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NC
Friedman, Lee E ~ Cpl, Waist Gunner, MD
Guth, Gene R ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IL
Marshall, William J ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, KY
Pollard, Glenn ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Sundeen, Glenn G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
The Pilot & Navigator both survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to John Evans for submitting this record for bio updates!
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He resided in North Carolina prior to the war.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24J, while on a mission to bomb the Isarca Flack Alze railroad bridge in northern, Italy was hit by enemy flak and crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on November 17, 1949.
Service # 14153851
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-48789:
Barnousky, John F, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, PA
Belt, John N, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MO
Burnette, William J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NC
Friedman, Lee E ~ Cpl, Waist Gunner, MD
Guth, Gene R ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IL
Marshall, William J ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, KY
Pollard, Glenn ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Sundeen, Glenn G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
The Pilot & Navigator both survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to John Evans for submitting this record for bio updates!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William served as a Staff Sergeant & Waist Gunner on B-24J "Edith" #44-48789, 759th Bomber Squadron, 459th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in North Carolina prior to the war.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24J, while on a mission to bomb the Isarca Flack Alze railroad bridge in northern, Italy was hit by enemy flak and crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on November 17, 1949.
Service # 14153851
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-48789:
Barnousky, John F, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, PA
Belt, John N, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MO
Burnette, William J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NC
Friedman, Lee E ~ Cpl, Waist Gunner, MD
Guth, Gene R ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IL
Marshall, William J ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, KY
Pollard, Glenn ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Sundeen, Glenn G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
The Pilot & Navigator both survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to John Evans for submitting this record for bio updates!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in North Carolina prior to the war.
William was "Killed In Action" when his B-24J, while on a mission to bomb the Isarca Flack Alze railroad bridge in northern, Italy was hit by enemy flak and crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on November 17, 1949.
Service # 14153851
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-24J #44-48789:
Barnousky, John F, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, PA
Belt, John N, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, MO
Burnette, William J ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, NC
Friedman, Lee E ~ Cpl, Waist Gunner, MD
Guth, Gene R ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, IL
Marshall, William J ~ S/Sgt, Nose Gunner, KY
Pollard, Glenn ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, TX
Sundeen, Glenn G ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, IL
The Pilot & Navigator both survived the crash.
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
Special thanks to John Evans for submitting this record for bio updates!
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