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WILLIAM ROBERT HERSHEY
Born: June 12, 1920
Second Lieutenant, United States Army Air Forces
Service# O-771625
CO-PILOT,
BOEING B-17G FLYING FORTRESS #43-38413
561ST BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (HEAVY),
388TH BOMBER GROUP (H), EIGHTH AIR FORCE
Home or Place of Enlistment: Laclede, Idaho
Died: November 5, 1944
Killed in Action when his aircraft was shot down by flak while conducting
combat operations against Nazi Germany during World War II.
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