Monuments
Saint Meloir des Ondes Liberation Monument
B-17 42-29710 'Hell Below' Monument
B-17 42-29710 'Hell Below' Info Sign
Name:
William Howard Downey
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-418282
Unit:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
2001-09-01
State:
California
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 65
Row:
Grave:
3101
Decoration:
Comments:
Co-Pilot of B-17 “Hell’s Below” that took off from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK on 29 May 1943 to bomb Rennes, France. The plane was shot down at 1634 by flak and German fighters. LT Downey survived the crash and was taken prisoner at Stalag Luft 7A in Moosburg, Bavaria. He was from Burlingame, California.