World War II Honoree

William H. Fulkerson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Marion, Kansas

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 17045556. SERVED AS ENGINEER WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 854TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1944 HIS B-24 BOMBER, THE 'BLUE CIRCLE' SERIAL NUMBER 44-40108, WHILE ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR ANNATURM, DEISTER, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, WAS KILLED DURING THE FIGHTER ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THEIR BOMBER.