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TSGT William Walter Bergren

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TSGT William Walter Bergren

Birth
Willow Creek, Gallatin County, Montana, USA
Death
7 Apr 1945 (aged 25)
Japan
Burial
Willow Creek, Gallatin County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Technical Sergeant Bergren was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24600, nicknamed "Adam's Eve." Killed In Action when rammed by enemy Ki-61 fighter while on mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, and crashed in
Kugayama, Suginami-Ku Japan, with the loss of all 11 crew. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron.

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Suggested edit: my apology; the aircraft crashed into a residential house (not at sea) in the community of Kugayama; approximately 17 kilometers west of downtown Tokyo
Contributor: Sam Pennartz (47381848) • [email protected]).....

For a list of the crewmen that were killed along with William, please see the bio for:
MEMORIAL ID 3300417

Crew members that were all killed:
Lieut Robert Elmo King
1 Lt Charles E Brittain
2 Lt George N Chaffin, Jr
2 Lt Jerome J Wondrasek
TSgt William W Bergren
SSgt William C Headley
SSgt Elmer R Kerschner, Jr
Cpl Walter P Buller
Cpl Albert D Isza
Cpl Russell A Miller
Cpl Jerome M Nettum

Dan Phelan
Baltimore, MD
Contributor: Dan Phelan (47709857) •
Technical Sergeant Bergren was a crewmember aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24600, nicknamed "Adam's Eve." Killed In Action when rammed by enemy Ki-61 fighter while on mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, and crashed in
Kugayama, Suginami-Ku Japan, with the loss of all 11 crew. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron.

***
Suggested edit: my apology; the aircraft crashed into a residential house (not at sea) in the community of Kugayama; approximately 17 kilometers west of downtown Tokyo
Contributor: Sam Pennartz (47381848) • [email protected]).....

For a list of the crewmen that were killed along with William, please see the bio for:
MEMORIAL ID 3300417

Crew members that were all killed:
Lieut Robert Elmo King
1 Lt Charles E Brittain
2 Lt George N Chaffin, Jr
2 Lt Jerome J Wondrasek
TSgt William W Bergren
SSgt William C Headley
SSgt Elmer R Kerschner, Jr
Cpl Walter P Buller
Cpl Albert D Isza
Cpl Russell A Miller
Cpl Jerome M Nettum

Dan Phelan
Baltimore, MD
Contributor: Dan Phelan (47709857) •



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