547th Bomber Squadron 384th Bomber
Aircraft name: THE JOKER
Delivered: Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 13/5/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; MIA Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Bill Kopf, Co-Pilot: Alf Scott, Navigator: Toscha Massey, Ball Turret Gunner: Clyde Smith, Waist Gunner: Leroy Bernard, Waist Gunner: Tony Perroni, Tail Gunner: Elton Buddemeyer (7KIA), Bombardier: Gene Connor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hugh Mauritho, Radio Operator: Herbert Yeryar (3EVD); Enemy aircraft blew off nose, crashed Rambluzin-Meuse, 11 miles S of Verdun, Fr. MACR 841.
Source: B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne
You can view the Burial here: Burial
Aircraft name: THE JOKER
Delivered: Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 13/5/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; MIA Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Bill Kopf, Co-Pilot: Alf Scott, Navigator: Toscha Massey, Ball Turret Gunner: Clyde Smith, Waist Gunner: Leroy Bernard, Waist Gunner: Tony Perroni, Tail Gunner: Elton Buddemeyer (7KIA), Bombardier: Gene Connor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hugh Mauritho, Radio Operator: Herbert Yeryar (3EVD); Enemy aircraft blew off nose, crashed Rambluzin-Meuse, 11 miles S of Verdun, Fr. MACR 841.
Source: B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne
You can view the Burial here: Burial
547th Bomber Squadron 384th Bomber
Aircraft name: THE JOKER
Delivered: Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 13/5/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; MIA Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Bill Kopf, Co-Pilot: Alf Scott, Navigator: Toscha Massey, Ball Turret Gunner: Clyde Smith, Waist Gunner: Leroy Bernard, Waist Gunner: Tony Perroni, Tail Gunner: Elton Buddemeyer (7KIA), Bombardier: Gene Connor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hugh Mauritho, Radio Operator: Herbert Yeryar (3EVD); Enemy aircraft blew off nose, crashed Rambluzin-Meuse, 11 miles S of Verdun, Fr. MACR 841.
Source: B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne
You can view the Burial here: Burial
Aircraft name: THE JOKER
Delivered: Cheyenne 1/4/43; Dow Fd 13/5/43; Assigned: 545BS/384BG [JD-S] Grafton Underwood 29/5/43; MIA Schweinfurt 14/10/43 Pilot: Bill Kopf, Co-Pilot: Alf Scott, Navigator: Toscha Massey, Ball Turret Gunner: Clyde Smith, Waist Gunner: Leroy Bernard, Waist Gunner: Tony Perroni, Tail Gunner: Elton Buddemeyer (7KIA), Bombardier: Gene Connor, Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Hugh Mauritho, Radio Operator: Herbert Yeryar (3EVD); Enemy aircraft blew off nose, crashed Rambluzin-Meuse, 11 miles S of Verdun, Fr. MACR 841.
Source: B-17 Master Log - Dave Osbourne
You can view the Burial here: Burial
Inscription
LT. WILLIAM E. KOPF
1917 1943
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
AT REST IN FRANCE
There is a bomber plane in the upper left corner, which is what he flew. There is an Air Force insignia in the center of the gravestone between the dates.
Gravesite Details
This is a cenotaph as he is buried in France.
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