ISOB Solheim
Details:
In the Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery (Old Communal Cemetery) section of the cemetery; Grave: Plot 6. Row F Grave 3-5. Isolated Burial
A standard upright British military inscribed gravestone.
Lt William Anderson Solheim was a US pilot serving in the RAF (180 Squadron). He took off piloting B-25 (41-12571) (FL707) on a bombing run over the military construction works at Couville, France. Part of the second wave of bombers, Solheim’s plane was struck by an injured B-25 hit by flak and careening towards the ground. Solheim lost control of the plane and crashed as well. He perished in the crash with the rest of his crew.
He also remembered on a nearby memorial in Tréauville, France.
Monument Text:
Symbol of the US Army Air Corps
LIEUTENANT
W.A. SOLHEIM
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE
26th NOVEMBER 1943 Age 24
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Royal Air Force (RAF)
United States Air Force
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWII
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