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MACNAB, William Goldie - Date of
birth
7 October 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Sherman County, Oregon -
Hometown
Sherman County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-766005 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
350th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 December 1944 - Place of
death
Horumersiel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| O | 21 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Ronald S. Macnab (father)
Wilhelmina (Beechey) Macnab (mother)
Margaret E. Macnab (sister)
Wilhelmina A. Macnab (sister)
Jean Macnab (sister)
Stuart Macnab (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38457 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Nine Lives
Destination: Hamburg Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Rheunania Ossag oil refinery
MACR: 11359
More information
1st Lt William G. Macnab graduated from St. Francis Academy and was a farmer.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Portland, Oregon on 24 November 1942.
The airplane pancaked together with another B-17 (42-31987). They circled and crash landed still attached to each other. There was no fire from the planes with in the air or on the ground although there was some smoke.
Four crew members were taken prisoner, five were killed. According to statements of surviving crew men after the war, their comrades all bailed out but it is supposed they all landed in the water.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com
Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.100thbg.com, Ferry Harreman, www.findagrave.com - Phyllis (Porter) Zegers