Name | Silag, William Joseph ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 12148469 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 23 April 1944. |
Duty | Radio Operator / Gunner |
MOS | 757 - Radio Operator / Mechanic / Gunner, AAF |
Last Duty Date | 24 April 1944 |
Results | Interned, Neutral Country |
Decorations | Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 24 April 1944 per General Orders #78, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe dated 14 October 1945. |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 4347⇓ (12.357 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Burry, James Edgar⇗ | Pilot | KIA |
2nd Lt. Keate, Richard Clifford⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Wallach, Charles Devay, "BUDDY"⇗ | Navigator | INT |
2nd Lt. Greenebaum, Jesse Leon⇗ | Bombardier | KIA |
S/SGT. Silag, William Joseph | Radio Operator / Gunner | INT |
S/SGT. Newall, Raymond Alexander⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | INT |
SGT. Melazzi, Anthony Theodore, Jr⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Pratt, Sidney John⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Sendlbeck, Richard Michael⇗ | Flexible Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Hollingsworth, Richard Ray⇗ | Flexible Gunner | INT |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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94⇗ | 24 April 1944 |
Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |
Radio Operator | 42‑102446⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Struck by flak on bomb run; after bombing left formation and headed for Switzerland; shot down by Swiss aircraft, crashing into the Greifensee. MACR 4347. This aircraft was recovered from lake in the 1950's. Sortie Report⇗ |