Bigelow, William Horace

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Bigelow, William Horace ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-734063 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #50 dated 17 July 1943, effective 17 July 1943.
Duty	Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	12 August 1943
Results	Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 21 July 1920
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 290⇓ (35.283 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Bigelow, William Horace	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Price, Earl H (IO)⇗	Co-pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Hill, Richard Corliss, Jr⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Humphreys, Walter (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	KIA
S/SGT. Bartels, William Gilbert⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Hamilton, William Lyle⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Fulton, George Morton⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Parisot, Martin Louis⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Lome, Michael (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Nowotny, Walter (NMI)⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 3 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
13⇗	30 July 1943	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Kassel, Germany	Pilot	42‑29686⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
14⇗	12 August 1943	Target: Synthetic Fuel Hydrogenation Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Pilot	42‑29686⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Damaged by enemy aircraft; exploded in mid-air and crashed east of Königswinter, Germany, at Heisterbacherrott; MACR 290 Sortie Report⇗

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