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Personal info

Full name
STORR, William Arnold
Date of birth
28 September 1918
Age
24
Place of birth
Hopedale, Harrison County, Ohio
Hometown
Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-793860
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
550th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 July 1943
Place of death
North Sea, off Heligoland, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 10 10

Immediate family

Members
Guy Arnold Storr (father)
William "Billie" P. (Foley) Storr (mother)
Grace F. Storr (sister)
Mary S. Storr (sister)
Elizabeth J. Storr (sister)
Myrtle I. (Steers) Storr (wife)
William A. Storr Jr. (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3316
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Betty Boom
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Focke Wulf aviation industry
MACR: 189-B

More information

1st Lt William A. Storr graduated from Snyder High School. He attended Hudson College for two years. He was employed at General Foods Corporation.
He enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 5 August 1941. He was sent overseas in June 1943.
Airplane 42-30257, 42-3316 and 42-30285 were flying in an echelon on a combat mission. Off Heligoland, at a time when visibility was poor, ship 30257 was struck by flak at a point in the fuselage about where the Navigator sits. Part of the fuselage was blown away and the plane was thrown up into ship 42-3316. These two planes locked together for probably 30 seconds and fell into ship 42-30285. All went down together and blew up.

The entire crew of 10 was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Jersey Journal 30 October 1944