Willard served as a Staff Sergeant and Right Waist Gunner on B-17F (#41-24533), 365th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He resided at 629 Harrington Street, Wilmington, Delaware prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 6, 1942 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Willard, whose B-17 was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Valburg, Holland on June 22, 1943, became a POW of the German Army. He "Died Of Wounds" while a prisoner at Arnhem, Holland during the war.
He had served in the Air Corps for one year and seven months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 12012694
Son of Gertrude Mason Parker.
Willard also has a " Cenotaph " in the Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F (#41-24533):
Grose, Arnold F ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
Gunson, Robert F ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New Jersey
Jackson, Dennis D ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, West Virginia
Kanetzky, Leroy H ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Texas
Morris, Christopher A ~ T/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
Died of wounds later as a result of crash:
Parker, Willard M ~ Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Delaware ~ DOW
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F (#41-24533):
Allen, Walter E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Doster, Jasper S ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
Hall, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot
Mause, James P ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided at 629 Harrington Street, Wilmington, Delaware prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 6, 1942 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Willard, whose B-17 was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Valburg, Holland on June 22, 1943, became a POW of the German Army. He "Died Of Wounds" while a prisoner at Arnhem, Holland during the war.
He had served in the Air Corps for one year and seven months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 12012694
Son of Gertrude Mason Parker.
Willard also has a " Cenotaph " in the Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F (#41-24533):
Grose, Arnold F ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
Gunson, Robert F ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New Jersey
Jackson, Dennis D ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, West Virginia
Kanetzky, Leroy H ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Texas
Morris, Christopher A ~ T/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
Died of wounds later as a result of crash:
Parker, Willard M ~ Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Delaware ~ DOW
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F (#41-24533):
Allen, Walter E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Doster, Jasper S ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
Hall, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot
Mause, James P ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Willard served as a Staff Sergeant and Right Waist Gunner on B-17F (#41-24533), 365th Bomber Squadron, 305th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He resided at 629 Harrington Street, Wilmington, Delaware prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 6, 1942 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Willard, whose B-17 was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Valburg, Holland on June 22, 1943, became a POW of the German Army. He "Died Of Wounds" while a prisoner at Arnhem, Holland during the war.
He had served in the Air Corps for one year and seven months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 12012694
Son of Gertrude Mason Parker.
Willard also has a " Cenotaph " in the Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
" Click Here " for that record.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17F (#41-24533):
Grose, Arnold F ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
Gunson, Robert F ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New Jersey
Jackson, Dennis D ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, West Virginia
Kanetzky, Leroy H ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Texas
Morris, Christopher A ~ T/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
Died of wounds later as a result of crash:
Parker, Willard M ~ Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Delaware ~ DOW
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F (#41-24533):
Allen, Walter E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Doster, Jasper S ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
Hall, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot
Mause, James P ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided at 629 Harrington Street, Wilmington, Delaware prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on January 6, 1942 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Willard, whose B-17 was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Valburg, Holland on June 22, 1943, became a POW of the German Army. He "Died Of Wounds" while a prisoner at Arnhem, Holland during the war.
He had served in the Air Corps for one year and seven months at the time of his death and was decorated with a Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 12012694
Son of Gertrude Mason Parker.
Willard also has a " Cenotaph " in the Silverbrook Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
" Click Here " for that record.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17F (#41-24533):
Grose, Arnold F ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, Washington
Gunson, Robert F ~ Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New Jersey
Jackson, Dennis D ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, West Virginia
Kanetzky, Leroy H ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, Texas
Morris, Christopher A ~ T/Sgt, Left Waist Gunner, Florida
Died of wounds later as a result of crash:
Parker, Willard M ~ Sgt, Right Waist Gunner, Delaware ~ DOW
Airmen who became POW's from B-17F (#41-24533):
Allen, Walter E ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Doster, Jasper S ~ S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
Hall, John J ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot
Mause, James P ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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