TRAPPE, William H A

Servicenumber:

33552475

Age:

Not available

Born:

1923, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Hometown:

Washington, Washington, District of Columbia

Family:

Milton H. Trappe (Father)
Margerite C. Trappe (Mother)
Francis E. Trappe (Uncle)

Rank:

Sergeant

Function:

Tail Gunner

Regiment:

-

Battalion:

- 

Division – Transport:

2nd Air Division

Company – Squadron:

579th Bomber Squadron

Unit – Group:

392nd Bomber Group, Heavy

Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)

Serialnumber: 41-29474
Type: B-24H
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
MACR: 4936

Date of death:

19 May 1944

Status:

KIA

Place of death:

Near Hessen, 21 miles northwest of Wernigerode, Germany

Spot:

Not available

Awards:

Purple Heart

Gravenumber:

Plot A, Row 34, Grave 40

Cemetery:

American War Cemetery Ardennes

Biography:

-

Other information:

A returning eye-witness account stated that this aircraft had come under attack by single enemy fighters, tad on and that 6 parachutes were seen immediately thereafter. No other details were given in this MACR concerning friendly force accounts about this aircrew. A German report #KU1834 did shed some light on the crew's fate following the fighters attacks: that this plane was shot down by a fighter near Hessen, 21 miles northwest of Wernigerode and that it had exploded in mid-air.