NJ T SGT 306 AAF Bomb GP WW2
Enlistment Date: 15 Dec 1941
Enlistment State: New Jersey
Enlistment City: Camden
Sent to me from Warren B. Carah:
"Sgt. Plasket was a member of an escape party attempting to evade from occupied France to Spain in the Fall of 1943. The escape group consisted of 7 Americans and about 6 French officers. I have written a book and several articles about WW-II which includes the incident in which Sgt. Plasket lost his life at Port d'Arinsal, Andorra on 25 October 1943 (the official date of November 1943 is incorrect).
Here is a small biography of Sgt. Plasket. Additional materials are available if you would like to know more.
T/Sgt. William B. Plasket, 12011015
Radio Operator — 368th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. Sgt. Plasket, a native of Salem, New Jersey, was participating in the Stuttgart raid of 6 September 1943, when his B-17 aircraft, 42-30163, ran out of fuel just short of the English Channel in Normandy. The aircraft crash landed near Rouen. Shortly after he bailed out, Sgt. Plasket was conveyed to Paris by the Underground. Sgt. Plasket graduated from Salem (NJ) High School in 1937, and was a college student at the University of Alabama when the war broke out. He enlisted on 12 Dec 1941. He received his radio operator training at Scott Field, Illinois and also attended bombing and gunnery schools. He shipped overseas to his station in Thurleigh, England in August, 1942. He perished in the Pyrenees making his escape into Spain on or about 25 October 1943."
Enlistment Date: 15 Dec 1941
Enlistment State: New Jersey
Enlistment City: Camden
Sent to me from Warren B. Carah:
"Sgt. Plasket was a member of an escape party attempting to evade from occupied France to Spain in the Fall of 1943. The escape group consisted of 7 Americans and about 6 French officers. I have written a book and several articles about WW-II which includes the incident in which Sgt. Plasket lost his life at Port d'Arinsal, Andorra on 25 October 1943 (the official date of November 1943 is incorrect).
Here is a small biography of Sgt. Plasket. Additional materials are available if you would like to know more.
T/Sgt. William B. Plasket, 12011015
Radio Operator — 368th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. Sgt. Plasket, a native of Salem, New Jersey, was participating in the Stuttgart raid of 6 September 1943, when his B-17 aircraft, 42-30163, ran out of fuel just short of the English Channel in Normandy. The aircraft crash landed near Rouen. Shortly after he bailed out, Sgt. Plasket was conveyed to Paris by the Underground. Sgt. Plasket graduated from Salem (NJ) High School in 1937, and was a college student at the University of Alabama when the war broke out. He enlisted on 12 Dec 1941. He received his radio operator training at Scott Field, Illinois and also attended bombing and gunnery schools. He shipped overseas to his station in Thurleigh, England in August, 1942. He perished in the Pyrenees making his escape into Spain on or about 25 October 1943."
NJ T SGT 306 AAF Bomb GP WW2
Enlistment Date: 15 Dec 1941
Enlistment State: New Jersey
Enlistment City: Camden
Sent to me from Warren B. Carah:
"Sgt. Plasket was a member of an escape party attempting to evade from occupied France to Spain in the Fall of 1943. The escape group consisted of 7 Americans and about 6 French officers. I have written a book and several articles about WW-II which includes the incident in which Sgt. Plasket lost his life at Port d'Arinsal, Andorra on 25 October 1943 (the official date of November 1943 is incorrect).
Here is a small biography of Sgt. Plasket. Additional materials are available if you would like to know more.
T/Sgt. William B. Plasket, 12011015
Radio Operator — 368th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. Sgt. Plasket, a native of Salem, New Jersey, was participating in the Stuttgart raid of 6 September 1943, when his B-17 aircraft, 42-30163, ran out of fuel just short of the English Channel in Normandy. The aircraft crash landed near Rouen. Shortly after he bailed out, Sgt. Plasket was conveyed to Paris by the Underground. Sgt. Plasket graduated from Salem (NJ) High School in 1937, and was a college student at the University of Alabama when the war broke out. He enlisted on 12 Dec 1941. He received his radio operator training at Scott Field, Illinois and also attended bombing and gunnery schools. He shipped overseas to his station in Thurleigh, England in August, 1942. He perished in the Pyrenees making his escape into Spain on or about 25 October 1943."
Enlistment Date: 15 Dec 1941
Enlistment State: New Jersey
Enlistment City: Camden
Sent to me from Warren B. Carah:
"Sgt. Plasket was a member of an escape party attempting to evade from occupied France to Spain in the Fall of 1943. The escape group consisted of 7 Americans and about 6 French officers. I have written a book and several articles about WW-II which includes the incident in which Sgt. Plasket lost his life at Port d'Arinsal, Andorra on 25 October 1943 (the official date of November 1943 is incorrect).
Here is a small biography of Sgt. Plasket. Additional materials are available if you would like to know more.
T/Sgt. William B. Plasket, 12011015
Radio Operator — 368th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. Sgt. Plasket, a native of Salem, New Jersey, was participating in the Stuttgart raid of 6 September 1943, when his B-17 aircraft, 42-30163, ran out of fuel just short of the English Channel in Normandy. The aircraft crash landed near Rouen. Shortly after he bailed out, Sgt. Plasket was conveyed to Paris by the Underground. Sgt. Plasket graduated from Salem (NJ) High School in 1937, and was a college student at the University of Alabama when the war broke out. He enlisted on 12 Dec 1941. He received his radio operator training at Scott Field, Illinois and also attended bombing and gunnery schools. He shipped overseas to his station in Thurleigh, England in August, 1942. He perished in the Pyrenees making his escape into Spain on or about 25 October 1943."
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