William Francis GAVIN

“Bill”

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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

O-808533

AGE

26 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

31 Décember 1917 Haverhill, Essex County, MASSACHUSETTS

STATE

Bradford, MASSACHUSETTS

FAMILY

Single

RANK

2^nd Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

Unskilled occupations in manufacture of leather

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

15 october 1940 Lowell MASSACHUSETTS

SQUADRON

570^th Bomber Squadron

GROUP

390^th Bomber Group / Heavy

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

11 june 1944

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STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Jersey Island, MANCHE

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress. Type G -35 - DL - S/n 42-107199 DI

"Powerful Katrinka"

b17
Macr : 5629
Mission : Bombardment of the Dinard airfield - Pleurtuit ( Ille-et-Vilaine )
Circumstances: Slaughtered by the flak - 8h15
Take off : Station 153 Framlingham, Suffolk UK ( Angleterre )

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James

Map Brittany American Cemetery

GRAVE

Wall of Missing

DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

American Campaign Medal

World War II Victory Medal

EAMECampaign

american campaign medal

victory medal

Pilote Wings

MISSION
DATE	SERIAL		GROUPMISSION
06/02/1944	2107199	117	Boulogne France
06/04/1944	2107199	119	Boulogne France
06/06/1944	2107199	121	Caen coast France
06/07/1944	2107199	124	Nantes France
06/08/1944	2107199	125	Tours France
06/11/1944	2107199	126	Dinard-Pleurtvit France

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107199 "Powerful Katrinka"
2^nd Lieutenant	William GAVIN	Pilot	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	O-808533 - AM/PH - 26 yo - Bradford, MASSACHUSETTS
2^nd Lieutenant	John W DALLENBACH	CoPilot	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am Cambridge	O-819065 - AM/PH - 38 yo - Ithaca, NEW YORK
2^nd Lieutenant	Norman K BERNSTEIN	Navigator	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	O-702144 - AM/PH - 23 yo - Brooklyn, NEW YORK
2^nd Lieutenant	Paul SCERMAK	Bomber	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	O-762080 - AM/PH - 26 yo - Milwaukee, WISCONSIN
S/Sergeant	Joao MACEDO	Radio	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am Cambridge	11116074 - AM/PH - 21 yo - Fall River, MASSACHUSETTS
S/Sergeant	James S SPIKER	Gunner	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	33562587 - AM/PH - 21 yo - Laurel, MARYLAND
Sergeant	Thomas H FLEMING	Gunner	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	12169969 - AM/PH - 20 yo - Albany, NEW YORK
Sergeant	Julio G VEGA	Gunner	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	39281895 - AM/PH - 20 yo - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Sergeant	Lisle Albert HOLE	Gunner	Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	36281077 - AM/PH - 31 yo - Sextonville, WISCONSIN
Sergeant	Roy H RUTH	Gunner	Dead - MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James (50)	32930898 - AM/PH - 33 yo - Buffalo, NEW YORK

8^th AIR FORCE

8AIRFORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ

8^th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

1^st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams

1^st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General William M. Gross

91^st Bombardment Group (Bassingbourn airfield): Colonel Henry W. Terry

381^st Bombardment Group (Ridgewell airfield): Colonel Harry P. Leber, Jr

398^th Bombardment Group (Nuthampstead airfield): Colonel Frank P. Hunter, Jr

40^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Howard M. Turner

92^nd Bombardment Group (Podington airfield): Colonel William M. Reid

305^th Bombardment Group (Chelveston airfield): Colonel Ernest H. Lawson

306^th Bombardment Group (Thurleigh airfield): Colonel George L. Robinson

41^st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Robert F. Travis

303^rd Bombardment Group (Molesworth airfield): Colonel Kermit D. Stevens

379^th Bombardment Group (Kimbolton airfield): Colonel Maurice A. Preston

384^th Bombardment Group (Grafton Underwood airfield): Colonel Dale O. Smith

94^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Julius K. Lacey

351^st Bombardment Group (Polebrook airfield): Colonel Eugene A. Romig

401^st Bombardment Group (Deenethorpe airfield): Colonel Harold W. Bowman

457^th Bombardment Group (Glatton airfield): Colonel James R. Luper

2^nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges

2^nd Bombardment Wing (Hethel airfield): Brigadier General Edward J. Timberlake

389^th Bombardment Group (Hethel airfield): Colonel Robert B. Miller

445^th Bombardment Group (Tibenham airfield): Colonel Robert H. Terrill

453^rd Bombardment Group (Old Buckenham airfield): Colonel Ramsay D. Potts, Jr

14^th Bombardment Wing (Shipdham airfield): Brigadier General Leon W. Johnson

44^th Bombardment Group (Shipdham airfield): Colonel John H. Gibson

392^nd Bombardment Group (Wendling airfield): Colonel Irvine A. Rendle

492^nd Bombardment Group (North Pickenham airfield): Colonel Eugene H. Snavely

20^th Bombardment Wing (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Jack W. Wook

93^rd Bombardment Group (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Leland G. Fiegel

446^th Bombardment Group (Bungay airfield): Colonel Jacob J. Brogger

448^th Bombardment Group (Seething airfield): Colonel Gerry L. Mason

95^th Bombardment Wing (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Frederick R. Dent, Jr

489^th Bombardment Group (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier

491^st Bombardment Group (Metfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Carl T. Goldenburg

96^th Bombardment Wing (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Brigadier General Walter R. Peck

458^th Bombardment Group (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Colonel James H. Isbell

466^th Bombardment Group (Attlebridge airfield): Colonel Arthur Pierce

467^th Bombardment Group (Rackhealth airfield): Lt. Colonel Albert H. Shower

3^rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May

4^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle

94^th Bombardment Group (Bury St. Edmunds airfield): Colonel Charles B. Dougher

385^th Bombardment Group (Great Ashfield airfield): Colonel Elliot Vandevanter

447^th Bombardment Group (Rattlesden airfield): Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr

13^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Colonel Edgar M. Wittan

95^th Bombardment Group (Horham airfield): Colonel Karl Truesdell

100^th Bombardment Group (Thorpe Abbotts airfield): Colonel ^thomas S. Jeffrey

390^th Bombardment Group (Framlingham airfield): Colonel Frederick W. Ott

45^th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Archie J. Old Jr

96^th Bombardment Group (Snetterton Heath airfield): Colonel James L. Travis

388^th Bombardment Group (Knettishall airfield): Colonel William B. David

452^nd Bombardment Group (Deopham Green airfield): Colonel Thetus C. Odom

92^nd Bombardment Wing: Colonel Harold Q. Huglin

486^th Bombardment Group (Sudbury airfield): Colonel Glendon P. Overing

487^th Bombardment Group (Lavenham airfield): Colonel Robert Taylor III

93^rd Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General John K. Gerhart

34^th Bombardment Group (Mendlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Ernest F. Wackwitz, Jr

490^th Bombardment Group (Eye airfield): Colonel Lloyd H. Watnee

493^rd Bombardment Group (Debach airfield): Colonel Elbert Helton

VIII Fighter Command: Major General W. E. Kepner

65^th Fighter Wing (Saffron Walden airfield): Brigadier General Jesse Auton

4^th Fighter Group (Debden airfield): Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee

56^th Fighter Group (Boxted airfield): Colonel Hubert A. Zemke

355^th Fighter Group (Steeple Morden airfield): Colonel William J. Cummings, Jr

356^th Fighter Group (Martlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Philip E. Tukey, Jr

479^th Fighter Group (Wattisham airfield): Lt. Colonel Kyle L. Riddle

66^th Fighter Wing (Sawston airfield): Brigadier General Murray C. Woodbury

55^th Fighter Group (Wormingford airfield): Colonel George T. Crowell

78^th Fighter Group (Duxford airfield): Colonel Frederick C. Gray, Jr

339^th Fighter Group (Fowlmere airfield): Colonel Hohn B. Henry Jr

353^rd Fighter Group (Raydon airfield): Colonel Glenn E. Duncan

357^th Fighter Group (Leiston airfield): Colonel Donald W. Graham

67^th Fighter Wing (Walcot Hall): Brigadier General Edward W. Anderson

20^th Fighter Group (Kings Cliffe airfield): Lt. Colonel Harold Rau

352^nd Fighter Group (Bodney airfield): Colonel Joe L. Mason

359^th Fighter Group (East Wretham airfield): Colonel Avelin P. Tacon, Jr

361^st Fighter Group (Bottisham airfield): Colonel Thomas J. J. Christian, Jr

364^th Fighter Group (Honington airfield): Colonel Roy W. Osborn

Source Information

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GAVIN William - 570 BS 390 BG

MISSION

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107199

"Powerful Katrinka"

8th AIR FORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ

8th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

8^th AIR FORCE

8^th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE