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Personal info

Full name
TROTTER, William Oliver
Date of birth
5 October 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Hamilton County, Illinois
Hometown
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-687218
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
777th Bombardment Squadron,
464th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 August 1944
Place of death
Near Dijon, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 18 18

Immediate family

Members
John O. Trotter (father)
Lillie M. (Gordon) Trotter (mother)
Ethel Trotter (sister)
Emma Trotter (sister)
Ruby Trotter (sister)
Lloyd W. Trotter (brother)
Oscar B. Trotter (sister)
Darwin D. Trotter (sister)
Doris F. Trotter (sister)
Daisy Trotter (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
41-29382
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Lucky Lady
Destination: Givors, France
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 5055

More information

The mission took place on 25 May 1944.

1st Lt William T. Eaves:
"I saw a B-24 flying Dog 31 go down. A flak hit in the nose section and front bomb bay Ship was on fire and pulled off to left and went into a dive. I saw 2 chutes open."

He was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in France in a military hospital.

He was first buried at the Military Cemetery in Dijon, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dayton Rex Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.findagrave.com – Diehard, http://aircrewremembered.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 43-G, Blackland, Texas