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SSGT Everette L. Williams

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SSGT Everette L. Williams

Birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Death
27 Sep 1944 (aged 22)
Burial
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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USAAF WWII 8th Air Force
Gunner S/Sgt Everette L. Williams KIA
Originally buried 29 September 1944 in the Waldfriedhof, Wildeck, Thuringe, Germany
Hometown:Mecklemburg County, North Carolina
Squadron: 703rd 445th Bomb Group
Service# 14164570
Awards: Bronze Star x2, Air Medal with 3 oak leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt.William J. Mowat KIA

MACR 9572
Target: Kessell
Mission Date: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number:# 42-51532 based in Tibenham, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Hot Rock"
Location: Crashed 1.5 Km North of Honebach, Germany
Cause:Enemy Fighters
Crew of 9 7KIA 2POW
Of 34 B-24 bombers on the Kassel Mission, only four bombers made it back to base,
with 114 US airmen having been Killed In Action and 122 others taken POW during this mission.

Crew of # 42-51532
1st/Lt.William J. Mowat Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Orville P. Smets Co Pilot KIA
Flt/Of. John L. Spingler Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Theodore J. Myers Engineer POW
T/Sgt. Earl B. Groves Radio Op KIA
S/Sgt Everette L. Williams Gunner KIA
John B. Neher Jr. Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Sylvester V. Lello Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Frank T. Plesa Gunner POW
USAAF WWII 8th Air Force
Gunner S/Sgt Everette L. Williams KIA
Originally buried 29 September 1944 in the Waldfriedhof, Wildeck, Thuringe, Germany
Hometown:Mecklemburg County, North Carolina
Squadron: 703rd 445th Bomb Group
Service# 14164570
Awards: Bronze Star x2, Air Medal with 3 oak leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt.William J. Mowat KIA

MACR 9572
Target: Kessell
Mission Date: 27-Sep-44
Serial Number:# 42-51532 based in Tibenham, Norfolk, England.
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: "Hot Rock"
Location: Crashed 1.5 Km North of Honebach, Germany
Cause:Enemy Fighters
Crew of 9 7KIA 2POW
Of 34 B-24 bombers on the Kassel Mission, only four bombers made it back to base,
with 114 US airmen having been Killed In Action and 122 others taken POW during this mission.

Crew of # 42-51532
1st/Lt.William J. Mowat Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Orville P. Smets Co Pilot KIA
Flt/Of. John L. Spingler Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Theodore J. Myers Engineer POW
T/Sgt. Earl B. Groves Radio Op KIA
S/Sgt Everette L. Williams Gunner KIA
John B. Neher Jr. Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Sylvester V. Lello Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Frank T. Plesa Gunner POW

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There the weary are at rest




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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: Joan Raney
  • Added: Mar 8, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25133888/everette_l-williams: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Everette L. Williams (13 May 1922–27 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25133888, citing Arlington Baptist Church Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).