Williams, Philip Young

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Williams, Philip Young ⇗
Rank	Major
Serial Number	O-417728
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group Headquarters Detachment, per AAF Station Special Orders #25 dated 1 February 1945, effective 30 January 1945. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Headquarters Detachment, 384th Bomb Group Morning Report dated 14 June 1945., effective 14 June 1945.
Duty	Pilot / Commanding Officer
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	November 1945
Results	Completed Tour, Returned to USA
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 15 July 1916 placed on Special Duty with the 546th Bombardment Squadron effective 30 January on AAF Station Special Orders #25 dated 1 February 1945. Appointed as a voting member of a Flying Evaluation Board effective 20 February 1945, purpose to conduct investigations of aircraft accidents per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #59 dated 17 March 1945. Designated Group School and Training Officer (primary) vice-CAPTAIN HENRY W. MINOR, relieved effective 1 April 1945 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #70 dated 1 April 1945. Appointed as a voting member of an Accident Investigation Board per AAF Sta7ion 106 Special Orders #92 dated 28 April 1945. Designated Group Air Inspector (Primary) and further designated Group School and Training Officer (Additional) per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #93 dated 29 April 1945.
Related Documents	Accident Report # 45-06-13-521⇓ (2.347 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 11 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Pilot	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Wing lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Pilot	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Pilot	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
275⇗	26 February 1945	Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	43‑39203⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
276⇗	27 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany	Pilot	43‑38974⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
277⇗	28 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany	Commander	42‑98027⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship; lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
279⇗	2 March 1945	Target: Low Temperature Carbonization Plant and Refinery of Deutsche Petroleum A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Rositz, Germany	Pilot	43‑39197⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Commander	44‑8211⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Commander	44‑8211⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Commander	44‑8649⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron lead Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Commander	44‑8541⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗
--	13 June 1945	None Non-combat sortie	Pilot	42‑75614⇗	On a flight to Guernsey Island in a P-47 to investigate the crash of a B-17 two days earlier, pilot encountered difficulty braking on the wet grass runway. He intentionally ground-looped the aircraft to avoid hitting workers on the ground. There were no injuries to the pilot or ground personnel. Sortie Report⇗

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