CUNNINGHAM William J - 353 BS 301 BGH

 

William J. CUNNINGHAM

 

CUNNINGHAM_William_J

Source : Bill Blake (Ellen Marchese)
 
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-793741
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1919  NEW YORK
ENLISTMENT STATE NEW YORK
FAMILY

Single

RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTMachinistNY
DATE of ENLISTEMENT16 January 1942 Buffalo  NEW YORK
 SQUADRON353th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP301st Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY15th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH17 August 1943

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Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHIstres
DATA PLAN

 B-17 Fortress - type F-95-BO - s/n 42-30314

"Beautiful Baby"
b17
Macr : 407
Mission : Aérodrome Istres-le-Tubé (13)
Décollage Oudna, Tunisie
Takeoff Oudna, Tunisia

Shot down by 2 direct flak hits forward and in bomb bay Around 2 p.m.

 
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Luynes , Aix-En-Provence N°3551

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D84
DECORATION

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilote


Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
usaf 15af 301_Bombardment_Group 353_bomber_Squadron
STORY
 

CUNNINGHAM_William_J

Source : Bill Blake
 
 

CUNNINGHAM_William_J

Source : Bill Blake
CUNNINGHAM_William_J CUNNINGHAM_William_J

Stele in Saint-Martin-de-Crau in memory of the crew

Source : Aerosteles.net


 

Equipage du  B-17 Fortress - type F-95-BO - s/n 42-30314

"Beautiful Baby"

1Lt William J. CUNNINGHAM Pilot Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan
O-793741 - AM+3/PH - New York
1Lt Lewis E HOWARD CoPilot Dead Arlington Nat Cem. O-1699029
2Lt Robert L MICHAEL Navigator Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan O-430183 - AM+8 - North Carolina
2Lt Milton W Jr MILLER Bomber Dead Hillcrest Mem Park, Hurffville, Gloucester Co, New Jersey O-734724 - AM+1/PH - Né en 1920
T/Sgt Samuel L BARNETT Gunner Dead Cim Am Rhône Draguignan 18046499 - AM+8 - Kansas
T/Sgt Harold J JACOBSON Radio Prisoner  16006937 - Wisconsin - Camp inconnu
S/Sgt Sebastian C SMITH Gunner Dead Arlington Nat Cem. 39163353
S/Sgt Alvin W ROBERTS Gunner Prisoner  18046120 - AM+1 - Né le 05/06/1924 - Fils de Elizabeth et Clearance Roberts - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12
S/Sgt Clyde E VAN BUREN Gunner Prisoner  16041933 - Michigan - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12

CUNNINGHAM_William_J

B-17 42-30314 / Beautiful Baby

Source : B17flyingfortress.de

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov
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