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416th Bombardment Group (L) 1Lt. William Edward ("Bill") Cramsie Pilot, O-025895 Killed In Action - Apr 10, 1944 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 31-May-1919, Marysville, Yuba County, California
Entered Military Service: Date: 1-Jul-1939 At: USMA From: Placer County, California Missing: Memorial at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Tablets of the Missing On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Overseas American Cemeteries American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate Find-A-Grave |
1Lt William Edward Cramsie Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Cramsie, William was a graduate of Placer Union High School, Placer Junior College, and West Point Military Academy. He joined the air corps branch of the US Army while at West Point. Following his graduation from West Point in May 1943, he received part of his air corps training at Mather Field. He took part in an operational mission in the vicinity of Hazebrouck, France, on April 10, 1944, as a crew member of an A-20 airplane. His plane sustained damage from anti-aircraft fire. It was last contacted by radio on the return trip and was then over the North Sea, just north of the Strait of Dover, about 40 miles from Bradwell Bay, England, which is located near the mouth of the Thames River. The plane and its crew were never recovered, and a Finding of Death was made in April 1945. Extracted from Find A Grave.com |
See also 1Lt. William E. Cramsie Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
See also MACR 3747 and Mission # 10
Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
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