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Perram William A.

Name:
William A. Perram
Rank:
Corporal
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Unit:
Air Transport Command
Date of Death:
1943-11-30
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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William A. Perram was born on December 13, 1920. He was the son of Aubrey K. Perram and Florence L. Perram. He served as an Aerial Engineer in the Air Transport Command, flying over “The Hump” (Himalaya Mountains) carrying supplies to China. Once the B-24 plane was blown off its course, forcing the crew of five to bail out. Landing in Tibet, they were the first white men to see Chinese city of Tsetang. Supplied with guides and Tibetan horses, they made the sixty day trip in thirty days back to base in India. He died on March 26, 1944 in an airplane crash into mountainside during special mission, east of Chengkung, China. He is now buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA. Cpl Perrram was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China but death date is inscribed as 1943-11-30.

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