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name
MEADE, William J - Date of
birth
1921 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Massachusetts -
Hometown
Middlesex County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11032314 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner/Assistent Radio Operator -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Francis P. Meade (father)
Anna F. (McLaughlin) Meade (mother)
Francis P. Meade (brother)
Claire M. Meade (sister)
Robert L. Meade (brother)
Frederick C. Meade (brother)
John D. Meade (brother)
Helen Meade (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30776 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lady Marylin
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1158
More information
S/Sgt William J. Meade was a salesman before he joined the Regular Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 14 November 1941.The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-3533. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total, were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.fold3.com, www.newspapaers.com - Obituary Clipping
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Stefan Warnier