Name:
William, II Flinn
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-791684
Unit:
555th Bomb Squadron, 386th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-10-05
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France
Plot:
B
Row:
3
Grave:
67
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Pilot of the B-26 Yankee Gorilla, took off from Bernes sur Oise to bomb the German barracks in Duren, Germany. Crashed due to mechanical problems by Rethondes, France. Flinn and three others were killed while two crewmembers survived.