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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

William F. Ambrose

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Washington, North Carolina

Honored By

Washington High School Alumni

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERGEANT. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES FROM DECEMBER 1943 TO DECEMBER 1946. SERVED AS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND GUNNER AS CREWMAN ON B-29 AIRCRAFT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. ASSIGNED TO THE 509TH COMPOSITE GROUP AT WENDOVER FIELD IN UTAH FOR TOP SECRET TRAINING FOR ATOMIC BOMB MISSIONS OVER JAPAN. DEPLOYED TO TINIAN IN MAY 1945 FOR FURTHER TRAINING AND PREPARATION FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB MISSIONS TO JAPAN. FLEW SOME 28 MISSIONS BEFORE FLYING AS PHOTOGRAPHER IN PHOTO PLANE ON THE HISTORIC HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB RAID. AFTER WAR’S END, FLEW FURTHER B-29 MISSIONS FOR ATOMIC BOMB TESTING OVER THE PACIFIC. DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1946 AT ROSWELL FIELD, NEW MEXICO. HE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.