Name:
William Andersen Solheim
Rank:
Lieutenant
Serial Number:
T-190848
Unit:
US Army Air Corps
Date of Death:
1943-11-26
State:
Cemetery:
Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery, France (CWGC)
Plot:
Plot 6. Row F Grave 3-5 (Coll.)
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Comments:
Lt W.A. Solheim, a US pilot serving in the RAF (180 Squadron), took off in B-25 41-12571 (FL707) on a bombing run over the military construction works at Couville. 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 is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery (CWGC)- the Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery in France.