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Personal info

Full name
FOSTER, William C
Date of birth
24 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13066984
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
764th Bombardment Squadron,
461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Ten miles northeast of Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 6

Immediate family

Members
Phillip J. Foster (father)
Catherine G. Foster (mother)
Miriam K. Foster (sister)
Alice E. Foster (sister)
Elizabeth Foster (sister)
Elizabeth E. (Sperla) Foster (wife)
Gloria D. Foster (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50970
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Lucky Lady
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 8975

More information

S/Sgt William C. Foster volunteered for the U.S. Army in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 2 March 1942.

2nd Lt William M. Jackson:
Plane hit by flak over target everyone bailed out.

T/Sgt Donald B. Harrison, radio operator on our plane, said he saw him bail out. Also, the Germans said his chute did not open.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files / 1920 Census / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com – The Evening News Pennsylvania 12 October 1944,
http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Oct.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Joel Frampton Gilfert