Tull William Scott

Name:

William Scott Tull

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

33325306

Unit:

603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1944-10-15

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Plot:

F

Row:

7

Grave:

133

Decoration:

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Comments:

William Scott Tull was born on December 14, 1921, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Earnest Bertram Tull and Maybella Mae Peil Tull. He enlisted in the service on July 31, 1942. He served in the 603rd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Top Turret Gunner of B-17 #42-97746 during World War II.

On October 15, 1944, the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Nuthampstead (Station 131) in Hertfordshire, England. The aircraft was en route to a bombing mission over Cologne, Germany. Tragically, the plane crashed into the moat at Anstey, Hertfordshire, and exploded, resulting in the deaths of all ten crew members on board.

TSgt Tull is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England. William S. Tull's name is inscribed on the Anstey Window Memorial in Panel 1 (left), on Butterfly 4, in the top left wing (section A).

Source of information: www.americanairmuseum.com, b17flyingfortress.de, www.398th.org