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BUCKLEY, William E Jr - Date of
birth
3 November 1918 -
Age
24 -
Place of birth
Sunflower County, Mississippi -
Hometown
Bolivar County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-797965 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
334th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
10 October 1943 - Place of
death
Lingen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 9 | 29 |
Immediate family
-
Members
William E. Buckley (father)
Dollie Buckley (mother)
Ruth Buckley (sister)
Harry Buckley (brother)
Clarissa H. (Kelly) Buckley (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30273 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Patsy Ann III
Destination: Munster, Germany
MACR: 942
More information
"I hereby certify that upon checking intelligence reports, no witness can be produced to cast light on the missing crew and aircraft. As on this mission, a great deal of enemy opposition was encountered in the form of flak and fighters. It is conceivable that the men were too busy to observe circumstances pertaining to other aircraft. The ship was last known to have been in formation near the target."-Statement from David E. Olsson, 1st Lt, Air Corps, Asst. Operations Officer.
Lt. William E. Buckley was the pilot of B-17 "Patsy Ann III" shot down on 10 October 1943 by Jaj Johannes Seifert in FW190A-6 of JG 26/11 Stab.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, 1930 Census, Morris Family Tree, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Jac Engels