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TOOLE, William Daniel - Date of
birth
2 March 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Kansas -
Hometown
Lanham, Prince George's County, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-789833 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
322nd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 March 1943 - Place of
death
4 km southeast of Oudeschild, Texel, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Eben H. Toole (father)
Katherine E. (Turvill) Toole (mother)
Eben R .Toole (brother)
Elizabeth L. Toole (sister)
Allen D. Toole (brother)
Marguerite (Gross) Toole (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
41-24512 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Rose O'Day
Destination: Hamm, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard
MACR: 3712
More information
1st Lt William D. Toole attended the University of Wisconsin.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 19 November 1941.
On the way back, the airplane was attacked by enemy fighters around 11:30 hrs.
It ditched in the Waddenzee, about 4 km southeast of Oudeschild, Texel.
Seven crew members were killed of which five are listed as missing in action. It is believed they went down with the airplane. Three men survived and were taken prisoner.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA - MACR, www.newspapers.com - The Cumberland News, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - University of Wisconsin Yearbook 1937