Name | Williams, Philip Young |
Rank | Major |
Serial Number | O-417728 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Pilot / Commanding Officer |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | November 1945 |
Results | Completed Combat Tour |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Accident Report # 45-06-13-521⇓ (2.347 MB) |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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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⇗ |