World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William W. Cramp
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
HE WAS AN ASSISTANT GUNNER OF A B-24J ‘LIBERATOR’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 3, 1943 ALONG WITH 9 CREW MEMBERS DURING A LONG DISTANCE NIGHTTIME TRAINING MISSION. DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE AND LOSS OF CONTROL, THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PUEBLO, COLORADO.