Rank and Name, First Lieutenant William L. Armstrong.
Unit/Placed in, 75th Bomber Squadron, 42nd Bomber Group, Medium.
William is born approx. on no record.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
William enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 0-742106.
William ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25 were,
1st Lt. William L. Armstrong Pilot
1st Lt. Joseph D. Jones Sr. Co Pilot
Sgt. William J. Sobolewski Engineer/Gunner
William died on a training flight when they had a mechanical failure and crashed on Jan. 24, 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/42nd_Bombardment_Group.html
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
